К255
КОНЦОВ HE НАЙТИ (HE СЫСКАТЬ)
collVPsubj:
humanusu. infin (used as
impers predic) or
neg pfv fut,
gener. 2nd pers
sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь
fixed WO it is impossible to find out the reason for sth. , understand sth. , uncover who is to blame for sth. etc: концов не найти (не найдёшь) It's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it)
you can't (they'll never be able to
etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind
etc) itwe (you
etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it(in limited contexts) there's no way it can be traced (back to
s.o.).
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