износу не знать

• ИЗНОСУ <ИЗНОСА, СНОСУ, СНОСА> НЕТ

[VP; impers]

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1. износу не знать чему. Also: ИЗНОСУ <СНОСУ> НЕ ЗНАТЬ [VP; subj: a noun denoting clothes, footwear etc]

⇒ sth. is very durable:

- X-y износу нет{{}}≈ X doesn't <won't, will never> wear out;

- X never wears out;

- X will stand any amount of hard wear;

- X will last (forever <indefinitely>.

     ♦ "Между прочим, хороший материал, говорят... Ему сносу нет..." (Искандер 5). "By the way, they say it's good material. Doesn't wear out" (5a).

     ♦ ...Носки и рукавицы в палец толщиной вязала мать, и не было тем носкам и рукавицам износу (Распутин 4). ...His mother had made mittens and socks a finger thick and those socks and mittens never wore out (4a).

2. износу не знать кому rare s.o. is in good shape, despite being old or middle-aged:

- X-y сносу нет{{}}≈ X is (looks) none the worse for wear;

- X wears <has aged> well;

- the years haven't changed <aged, told on> X a bit.

     ♦ [Лебедев:] А тебе, старая скворешня, и сносу нет. Лет тридцать я тебя старухой знаю... (Чехов 4). [L.:] You look none the worse for wear, you old windbag. I remember you as an old woman thirty years ago (4b). [L.:] You know, old magpie, you wear well. You've been an old woman ever since I've known you - for the last thirty years (4a).