БЕЗ КОНЦА И КРАЮ
• БЕЗ КОНЦА И (БЕЗ) КРАЯ <-ю>; БЕЗ КОНЦА-КРАЮ••
[PrepP; these forms only; fixed WO]
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1. [adv, nonagreeing modif, or quantit subj-compl with copula (subj: a noun denoting some expanse)]
⇒ (to be or seem to be) without an end:
- X тянулся••без конца и краю - X stretched endlessly into the distance;
- X stretched boundlessly into the horizon;
- X went on without end into the distance.
2. чего без конца и краю [quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ gen: usu. abstr or concr)]
⇒ (in some place there is) a great number or quantity of sth.:
- X-OB было••без конца и краю ≈ there was no end of Xs;
- there were hordes (scads, droves etc) of Xs.
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БЕЗ КОНЦА И КРАЯ →← БЕЗ КОНЦА И БЕЗ КРАЯ