деваться некуда

• ДЕВАТЬСЯ/ДЕТЬСЯ НЕКУДА (кому)

[these forms only; impers predic with быть]

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1. s.o. has no place to go for entertainment, nothing with which to fill time:

- X-y некуда было деваться{{}}≈ X had nowhere to go (and nothing to do);

- X had no way to kill time.

2. [usu. impfv; usu. this WO]

⇒ s.o. has no other choice of action, is forced by circumstances to act in a certain way (as specified by the context):

- X-y деваться некуда{{}}≈ X has <there is> no (other) alternative <way out>;

- X has no other recourse (but...);

- there is nothing X can do (about sth.);

- there is nothing else to do (but...);

- there is nothing for it (but...);

- [in limited contexts] there is no going (turning) back.

     ♦ И Фрейд кин, как всякий кулак, за этот кредит брал проценты. Беднякам деваться некуда... (Рыбаков 1). ...Like any kulak, Freidkin charged interest. There was nothing the poor people could do... (1a).

     ♦ ...Все они [адвокаты] тут друг за друга, у них профессиональная солидарность, и если я без всяких оснований перейду к другому адвокату, то он встретит меня не лучшим образом. Деваться, вижу, некуда, и я ему [Терещенко] всё выкладываю (Рыбаков 1). ...They [the lawyers] were all for each other in that place, they had their professional solidarity, so if I had gone to another lawyer, without any cause whatever, he wouldn't have treated me any better. I saw there was nothing else to do but tell him [Tereshchenko] everything (1a).