и то правда

• И ТО ПРАВДА coll

[sent; Invar, fixed WO]

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⇒ (used to express agreement with the interlocutor, or, occas. with one's own thought or statement) that is correct:

- it's (that's, 'tis) true (enough);

- (that's) quite right;

- [when expressing agreement with the interlocutor only] you're right;

- you've got a point (there).

     ♦ "...Мы к нему всей душой, а он послал нас искать князя глупого!"... - "Что же!., нам глупый-то князь, пожалуй, еще лучше будет! Сейчас мы ему коврижку в руки: жуй, а нас не замай!" - "И то правда" (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). "We went to him in all good faith, and he sent us to seek a foolish prince'". "What of that!...Might be, a foolish prince'd be better yet! We hand him some gingerbread - 'Chaw away, and leave us be!'" "Tis true" (1a).

     ♦ "Сам ты рассуди, - отвечал я ему, - можно ли было при твоих людях объявить, что дочь Миронова жива. Да они бы ее загрызли. Ничто ее бы не спасло!" - "И то правда", - сказал, смеясь, Пугачев (Пушкин 2). "Judge for yourself," I answered him "could I have declared in front of your men that Captain Mironovs daughter was still alive? They would have torn her to pieces Nothing would have saved her'" "That's true enough!" said Pugachev, laughing (2b)