не мешает

• НЕ МЕШАЕТ <НЕ МЕШАЛО БЫ> (кому) coll

[VP; impers; these forms only; usu. foll. by infin]

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⇒ one should (do sth.), it would not be bad (to do sth.):

- не мешает <не мешало бы> (Х-у) сделать Y ≈ it is not <it wouldn't be> a bad idea to do Y;

- it won't <wouldn't> hurt X to do Y;

- it wouldn't be a bad thing if X did Y <for X to do Y>;

- it won't (wouldn't) do (X) any harm to do Y;

- it will <would> do X good to do Y;

- there's (there would be) no harm in doing Y.

     ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Я вам дам поесть! [Трилецкий:] Давно бы так. [Платонов:] Впрочем, не мешало бы... Который час? Я тоже голоден... (Чехов 1). [А.Р:] ... I'll give you something to eat. [T.:] And not a moment too soon. [P.:] It's not a bad idea, actually. What's the time? I'mstarving too (1b).

     ♦ Он уже подходил к окончанию труда (а именно к рождению героя), когда Зина сказала, что не мешало бы ему развлечься... (Набоков 1). He was already approaching the end of his work (the hero's birth, to be precise) when Zina said it would not hurt him to relax... (1a).

     ♦ "Напиться бы", - сказал Митишатьев, мрачный от своей тройки. "А что, не мешало бы", - радостно сказал никогда не пивший Лёва и удивился (Битов 2). [context transl] "We should get drunk," Mit ishatyev said, gloomy over his [grade of]3. "Why not, it'll do us good," Lyova said gleefully, and felt surprised - he never drank (2a).