когда ни попало

• КОГДА ПОПАЛО coll; КОГДА НИ ПОПАЛО obs, substand; КОГДА ПРИДЕТСЯ{{}}

[AdvP; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]

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⇒ at any time, not one specifically or carefully chosen (when said critically, expresses the speaker's opinion that not selecting carefully is negligent, unacceptable etc):

- whenever (one feels like it <one gets around to it, one happens to think of it, it's convenient etc>);

- anytime (one wants etc);

- it doesn't matter (when);

- [usu. when said critically] just anytime;

- God knows when <at God knows what hour etc>.

     ♦ "Я всегда встаю в семь утра. А ты?" - "А я - когда попало, мне ведь на работу ходить не нужно". "I get up at seven o'clock every morning. How about you?" "I get up whenever I feel like it; after all, I don't have to go to work."

     ♦ Скажи своим друзьям, чтобы они перестали звонить когда попало. Звонят ночью, спать не дают. Tell your friends to stop calling you at God knows what hour. They phone in the middle of the night and won't let us sleep.