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НЕЛАДНО (НЕСКЛАДНО, ХУДО) СКРОЕН, ДА КРЕПКО (ПЛОТНО) СШИТ coll AdjP subj-compl with бытьв (subj: human pres or past fixed WO

one is clumsily built and awkward, but strong and sturdy

X неладно скроен, да крепко сшит = X is poorly cut, but strongly sewn

X is badly cut, but strongly stitched together.

Как взглянул он (Чичиков) на его (Собакевича) спину, широкую, как у вятских, приземистых лошадей, и на ноги его, походившие на чугунные тумбы, которые ставят на тротуарах, не мог не воскликнуть внутренно: «Эк наградил-то тебя бог! Вот уж точно, как говорят, неладно скроен, да крепко сшит!..» (Гоголь 3). After a glance at his (Sobakevich's) back, as broad as that of a thick-set Percheron horse from Vyatka, and at his legs, resembling the stumpy cast-iron pillars that are placed along sidewalks for displaying theater bills, he (Chichikov) could not help exclaiming inwardly, "Truly God has endowed you bountifully! Here is one who, as they say, is badly cut but strongly stitched together! .." (3c)