Д194
В ДИКОВИНКУ (В ДИКОВИНУ)
collPrepPthese forms onlysubj-compl with copula)
1. - (кому) ( subj: abstr , concr, human, or infin) a person (thing etc) is unusual, surprising to s.o. : X Y-y в диковинку = Y has never seen anything like X before
thing X surprises YY is surprised at thing X
Neg X Y-y не в диковинку - thing X is nothing new (unusual) to Y
there is nothing surprising (unusual) about Xthing X is not unusual with Ything X comes as no surprise (to Y)thing X is by no means uncommon(in limited contexts)X is (such things
etc are) not unknownthing X won't take Y by surprise.
2. ( subj: any common noun, often animal) a person (thing etc) is an uncommon phenomenon
rare thing
rarityoddity.
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