И-53

ИЗНОСУ (ИЗНОСА, СНОСУ, СНОСА) НЕТ VP impers)

1. \И-53 чему. Also: ИЗНОСУ (СНОСУ ) НЕ ЗНАТЬ

VP subj: a noun denoting clothes, footwear etc) sth. is very durable: X-y износу нет = X doesn't (won't, will never) wear out X never wears out X will stand any amount of hard wear X will last (forever (indefinitely)).

«Между прочим, хороший материал, говорят... Ему сносу нет...» (Искандер 5). "By the way, they say it's good material. Doesn't wear out" (5a).

.. .Носки и рукавицы в палец толщиной вязала мать, и не было тем носкам и рукавицам износу (Распутин 4). ...His mother had made mittens and socks a finger thick and those socks and mittens never wore out (4a).

2. \И-53 кому rare s.o. is in good shape, despite being old or middle-aged: X-y сносу нет = X is (looks) none the worse for wear

X wears (has aged) well the years haven't changed (aged, told on) X a bit.

(Лебедев:) А тебе, старая скворешня, и сносу нет. Лет тридцать я тебя старухой знаю... (Чехов 4). (L.:) You look none the worse for wear, you old windbag. I remember you as an old woman thirty years ago (4b). (L.:) You know, old magpie, you wear well. You've been an old woman ever since I've known you - for the last thirty years (4a).