кто что

• КТО ЧТО (кому что, кто о чём и т.п.) coll

[NP; may be used as indep. sent in response to an inquiry beginning with "Что", "О чём" etc about several or many people; fixed WO]

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⇒ one person (does, has etc) one thing, another something else, it is different for each person:

- that (it) depends (on the person);

- one person (has <does etc>) this, another that;

- one does (likes etc) one thing, another - something else;

- some do (like etc) some things, others - other things;

- some liked one thing, some another;

- it's different in each case.

     ♦ "Что им понравилось на выставке?" - "Кому что". "What did they like at the exhibition?" "Some liked some things, others - other things."

     ♦ Верховые были одеты по-разному - кто в чём, и напоминали сразу и мужиков и солдат, точь-в-точь как красноармейцы сводного полка... (Федин 1). [context transl] The horsemen were in various dress - in what they had been able to find, and immediately reminded one of both muzhiks and soldiers, exactly like the Red soldiers of the composite regiment .. (1a)