Д47

ДЕВАТЬ/ДЕТЬ НЕКУДА кого-чего (у кого or где) collthese forms onlyusu. quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / gen
any common noun)
usu. impfv ) an extremely large amount, an excess: Х-ов у Y-a (в месте Z) - девать некуда = Y has more Xs than he knows what to do withY has enough Xs and then somethere are more Xs in place Z than you can shake a stick atXs are a dime a dozen in place ZY has Xs coming out of Y's ears.
Пристанет (Басаврюк), бывало, к красным девушкам: надарит лент, серёг, монист - девать некуда! (Гоголь 5). Sometimes he'd (Basavriuk would) set upon the girls, heap ribbons, earrings, necklaces on them, till they did not know what to do with them (5a).

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