З-104

НИ ЗГИ (HE ВИДНО (HE ВИДАТЬ)) ЗГИ HE ВИДНО (HE ВИДАТЬ) (НИ) ЗГИ НЕ ВИДЕТЬ all coll ( impers sent with бытье or VP, subj: human ( var. with не видеть)) it is so dark that nothing can be seen, discerned

it is pitch-black (pitch-dark)

there is pitch-darkness (all around)

X не видел ни зги - X couldn't see a thing (in the dark)

X couldn't see an inch before his face X couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

Глубокая, полная тишина стояла в доме. Но минут через десять я снова услышала, как внизу, в вестибюле, прогудела дверь. Я вскочила и подбежала к окну. Раздвинула занавески. Ни зги, но ясно слышно, как заводят машину (Чуковская 2). А deep, absolute silence pervaded the house. But ten minutes later I heard the hiss of the door again in the hall downstairs. I jumped up and ran to the window. I drew the curtains aside. It was pitch-black but I could clearly hear the starting of a car (2a).

Селифан, не видя ни зги, направил лошадей так прямо на деревню... (Гоголь 3). Selifan, though he could not see a thing, directed the horses straight to the village... (3a).

Неужели вы едете, не дождавшись дня? -спросил шотландец. - Зги не видать...» (Герцен 2). "Surely you are not going on without waiting for daylight?" asked the Scotsman. "One can't see an inch before one's face..." (2a).