бог дал

I

• БОГ ДАЕТ/ДАЛ кого (кому) obs

[VPsubj; obj: сына, дочь, детей etc; usu. this WO]

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⇒ God has given s.o. (a child or children) for which s.o. feels thankful:

- бог дал Y-y X-a ≈ God has blessed Y with X;

- Y is blessed with X.

     ♦ ...Ребятишек Люсе бог не дал (Распутин 3). ...God had not blessed her [Liusia] with children (3a).

II

• БОГ ДАЛ (ПРИВЕЛ) встретиться, свидеться и т. п. obsoles

[VPsubj]

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⇒ it happened that s.o. had the occasion (to meet with another etc):

- it is (was) God's will (that...);

- God (has) willed (granted, ordained) it (that...);

- (I didn't expect (who would have thought etc) that) the Lord would have us (you, them) (meet etc).

     ♦ [Андрей:] Ты был когда-нибудь в Москве? [Ферапонт:] Не был. Не привёл бог (Чехов 5). [A.:] Were you ever in Moscow? [F.:] Never was. It was not God's will (5a).

     ♦ [Борис:] Ну, вот и поплакали вместе, привёл бог (Островский 6). [В.:] There now, we've had a cry together. God has granted us that (6d).

     ♦ "А, старый хрыч! - сказал ему Пугачёв. - Опять бог дал свидеться" (Пушкин 2). "You old grumbler!" Pugachev said to him. "So God has ordained that we should meet again" (2b).

     ♦ "...Думал найти вас в Грузии, а вот где бог дал свидеться..." (Лермонтов 1). "Thought I'd find you in Georgia, never dreaming the Lord would have us meet here..." (1b).