Т88

В ТЕСНОТЕ, ДА HE В ОБИДЕ (saying) even though some place is crowded, no one objects (or would turn others away) because everyone is friendly — the more the merrierthere is always room for (one) morewhere there is room in the heart, there is room in the house.
Он познакомил меня со всеми своими друзьями... Мы заняли столик в столовой и расселись вокруг в тесноте, да не в обиде (Аксенов 1). Не introduced me to all his friends....We took a table in the Lighthouse and crowded in around it, the more the merrier... (1a).

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