нет хода

• НЕТ ХОДУ (-а) кому coll

[VP; impers]

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⇒ all opportunities are denied s.o. (usu. in refer, to s.o.'s career opportunities, promotion at the workplace etc):

- X-y нет ходу{{}}≈ every path <way> is barred to X;

- all roads <routes> are barred to X;

- all doors are closed to X;

- there's <Xhas> no hope of getting ahead.

     ♦ [Сатин:] Тюрьма, дед! Я четыре года семь месяцев в тюрьме отсидел... а после тюрьмы - нет ходу! (Горький 3). [S.:] Prison, Grandpa. I spent four years and seven months in prison, and after that I found every way barred to me (3e).