дело не постоит

• ДЕЛО НЕ СТАНЕТ <НЕ ПОСТОИТ obs> за немцем coll

[VPsubj; fut only; fixed WO]

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⇒ there will be no delay (in some matter) caused by s.o. or sth.:

- за Х-ом дело не станет{{}}≈ X won't hold things up;

- doing thing X will be no problem at all (shouldn't pose a problem, shouldn't be difficult, ought to be easy enough etc);

- person X won't stand in the way;

- person X will see to it that the matter is not dragged out;

- [in refer, to s.o.'s reliability, readiness to provide help etc] person Y can count on X.

     ♦ ...[Владимир] поехал искать свидетелей между соседними помещиками. Первый, к кому явился он, отставной сорокалетний корнет Дравин, согласился с охотою... Он уговорил Владимира остаться у него отобедать и уверил его, что за другими двумя свидетелями дело не станет (Пушкин 3). ...Не [Vladimir] went in search of potential witnesses among the landowners of the neighborhood. The first one he called on, a forty-year-old retired cavalry officer by the name of Dravin, consented with pleasure. ...He persuaded Vladimir to stay for dinner, assuring him that finding two more witnesses would be no problem at all (3a).

     ♦ "Идите к Ивану Григорьевичу, - сказал Иван Антонович голосом несколько поласковее, - пусть он даст приказ... а за нами дело не постоит" (Гоголь 3). "Go and see Ivan Grigorievich," Ivan Antonovich said in a more friendly tone. "If he issues the order, we'll see to it that the matter is not dragged out" (3e).

     ♦ "Эта княжна Лиговская пренесносная девчонка! Вообразите, толкнула меня и не извинилась... Уж её надо бы проучить..." - "За этим дело не станет!" - отвечал услужливый капитан... (Лермонтов 1). [context transl] "This young Princess Ligovskaya is a minx. Think of it, she bumped into me and did not bother to apologise. ...It would do her good to be taught a lesson..." "Leave it to me!" replied the obliging captain .. (1b).