клином сойтись

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Russian

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  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: кли́ном сойдти́сь)

Verb

кли́ном сойти́сь (klínom sojtísʹpf (imperfective кли́ном сходи́ться)

  1. (figurative) to be pivotal, to be caught in a cleft stick, to be in dire straits
    • 1961 [1733], Pierre de Marivaux, translated by Ariadna Èfron, L'heureux stratagème, Moscow: Государственное книгоиздательство «Искусство», Act 1, Scene 4:
      По их мнению, весь белый свет для нас должен клином сойтись на одном-единственном человеке: все прочие точно не существуют, как будто они умерли.
      Po ix mneniju, vesʹ belyj svet dlja nas dolžen klinom sojtisʹ na odnom-jedinstvennom čeloveke: vse pročije točno ne suščestvujut, kak budto oni umerli.
      In their view, all the world should hinge on but one man: everyone else does not exist, as though dead.

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