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[VP; subj: human; past only]

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⇒ s.o. lacks a particular quality (usu. beauty, intelligence etc):

- X Y-ом не вышел{{}}≈ X is short on Y;

- X is not as [AdjP] as he could be;

- [in limited contexts] X is not big in the Y department;

|| X лицом (умом) не вышел{{}}≈ X is not much to look at (not much of a brain etc);

- X ростом не вышел{{}}≈ X (X's body) is puny.

     ♦ И что из того, что он [Митрий] не вышел телом? Разве его вина? А она-то [Марфа] сама вышла? (Абрамов 1). So what if his [Mitry's] body was puny? Was that his fault? Was her [Marfa's] body that marvelous? (1a).