кому не лень

• (ВСЕ, КАЖДЫЙ) КОМУ (ТОЛЬКО) НЕ ЛЕНЬ coll, occas. disapprov

[NP; these forms only; usu. nonagreeing modif (if все or каждый is ellipted, it is implied); fixed WO]

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⇒ any and every person who has the desire (to do sth.):

- anyone (everyone) who feels like it;

- anyone (everyone) who wishes;

- [in limited contexts] just about everyone.

     ♦ Да, вот так быть за председателя колхоза, когда ты в то же время и главный подвозчик дров, и сена, и черт знает ешё чего. Каждый, кому не лень, глотку на тебя дерёт (Абрамов 1). Yes, that's what it was like to be acting kolkhoz Chairman when you were also the chief source of firewood and hay and heaven knows what else. Anyone who felt like it would give you a bawling out (1a).

     ♦ "Сколько уж тех раёв людям сулили, все кому не лень..." (Кузнецов 1). "How many times have people been promised Heaven on earth, by just about everyone!" (1a).