не к добру

• НЕ К ДОБРУ{{}}

[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. abstr or a clause, often это), pres only, or adv]

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⇒ sth. forebodes ill fortune, harmful consequences:

- X не к добру{{}}≈ no good will come of X;

- X will lead to no good;

- X bodes ill (no good);

- X is not a good sign;

- X is a bad omen (sign);

- X is bad luck;

- X means trouble.

     ♦ [Колесов:] Опять ты замуж собираешься? Это не к добру... (Вампилов 3). [К.:] You're planning to get married again? No good will come of it... (3b).

     ♦ Он шел и думал: Неужели его будут судить? Неужели возможна такая жестокость: по прошествии стольких лет его судить? Ах, эта смена Суда! Ах, не к добру! (Солженицын 10). Moving along, he was lost in reflections: Would they really put him on trial? Was such cruelty possible? Were they going to try him so many years after the events? Ah, that replacement of the Court. It could lead to no good! (10b).

     ♦ "Вы посудите, Иван Григорьевич: пятый десяток живу, ни разу не был болен; хоть бы горло заболело, веред [obs, substand = нарыв] или чирей выскочил... Нет, не к добру! Когда-нибудь придётся поплатиться за это" (Гоголь 3). "Just judge for yourself, Ivan Grigoriyevich: here I'm going on my fifth decade and I haven't been sick even once - haven't had as much as a sore throat, never even as much as a boil or carbuncle. ...No, that doesn't bode any good! Some time or other I'll have to pay for it" (3b). "See for yourself, Ivan Grigorievich, I'm going on fifty now and I've never been sick. Not even a sore throat or a boil or anything. ... It's not a good sign - someday I'll have to pay for it..." (3e).

     ♦ В тут ночь мне приснились иконы. Сон не к добру (Мандельштам 1). That night I dreamed of ikons-this is always regarded as a bad omen (1a).

     ♦ Шалико почувствовал, что её [Хикур] внезапный отъезд не к добру (Искандер 4). Shaliko had sensed that Khikur's sudden departure meant trouble (4a).