Ч66

HE К ЧЕМУ (кому) collPrepPInvarsubj-compl with бытыз ( subj: infin)) it would be pointless for s.o. to do sth. because no advantage would come of it, nothing would be achieved by it etc: делать X (Y-y) не к чему = there is no point (sense) in (Yb) doing Xit makes no sense (for Y) to do Xthere is no need (reason) (for Y) to do Xirt useless (for Y) (to do X)(when used as indep. remark only) (there's) no need for that.
(Терентий:) He станем мы вместе с тобой в кино ходить, батя. (Отдаёт ему билеты.) Не к чему (Арбузов 2). (Т.:) Dad, we are not going to the cinema together. (Returns the tickets to him.) There is no point... (2a).

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