П-595

ПРОХОДА (-у) НЕТ coll VP impers)

1. \П-595 (кому от кого-чего) s.o. is constantly bothered by another, cannot rid himself of another or of another's badgering, ridicule etc: X-y от Y-a прохода нет - Y doesn't give X a moment' peace

X can't get rid of Y X can't find refuge from Y

прохода от Y-a нет — there's no getting rid of Y

there's no end to Y4s nagging (pestering etc)

X-y прохода нет - X doesn't have a moment' peace

X doesn't have any peace at all.

(Таня:) ...Всякий пристает хоть бы Григорий Михайлыч, проходу от него нету (Толстой 3). (Т :) . .Every man is after me. Take Grigori Mikhailych, for example-there's no getting rid of him (3a).

«Мне скоро проходу не будет. Все пальцем показывают» (Абрамов 1). "Soon I won't have any peace at all. Everyone's pointing a finger at me" (1a)

2. - от кого disapprov there are a great number of, too many (people of a certain type): от Х-ов прохода нет = there are tons of Xs

we (you, they) are swamped (overrun) with Xs.

Везде одни бюрократы, прохода от них нет. There are bureaucrats everywhere-we're swamped with them.