НЕ БЫЛО ПЕЧАЛИ, ЧЕРТИ НАКАЧАЛИ
• НЕ БЫЛО ПЕЧАЛИ, (ТАК) ЧЕРТИ НАКАЧАЛИ••
[saying; often only the first half of the saying is used]
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⇒ this new problem, trouble, complication etc is very annoying, aggravating, and I have more than enough problems without it:
- - that's the last thing I (we etc) need!;
- just what I (we etc) need!;
- as if I (we etc) didn't have enough problems (enough to do, enough to worry about) already (as it is)!
♦ "Экзамен опять перенесли". - "Ну вот, не было печали". "They've postponed the exam again." "Oh, great, that's the last thing I need'"
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