Т-107

НА ТО И НА ТО PrepP these forms only usu. adv often foil. by a чтобы-clause) used when emphasizing that the given statement expresses the main function (job, role) or characteristic feature of s.o. or sth. : (after all,) that's what a NP is for (does) (after all,) that's what NPs) are for (do) that (it) is what is to be expected (of a NP (in some place etc)) (in limited contexts) the job of a NP is to... (asa NP

,) that'syour (his etc) job (department)

that's what NP is about the NP

, being the

NP

,... Правда, пожары в Гаграх, как в турецкой бане, случались крайне редко, но на то и санитарные меры (Искандер 3). Admittedly, fires were as rare in Gagra as in a Turkish bath, but that's what public safety measures are for (3a).

Комиссар почувствовал свою вину за то, что в госпитале умирают люди. До приезда (Людмилы) Шапошниковой его это не тревожило, на то и госпиталь во время войны (Гроссман 2). The commissar felt guilty because men were dying in his hospital. Until Lyudmila's visit this had never disturbed him: it was what was to be expected in a military hospital (2a).

Душегуб ты...» - «Это какой же я душегуб?» - «Истинный! Кто Петра убил? Не ты?» - «Я... А ежели б Петро меня поймал, что бы он сделал?.. Он бы тоже меня убил... На то она и война» (Шолохов 5). "You're а murderer..." "Me? A murderer?" "Indeed, you are! Who killed Petro? Wasn't it you?" "Yes....Suppose Petro had caught me, what would he have done?...He'd have killed me the same....That's what war's about" (5a).

... Царь на то и царь, чтобы, не останавливаясь, ехать к своему почетному месту (Искандер 5). The czar, being the czar, rides to his place of honor without stopping (5a).