ни ногой

• НИ НОГОЙ coll

[NPinstrum; Invar; predic with subj: human; can be used in past, pres, and fut contexts or as a command]

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1. ни ногой к кому, куда not to visit s.o. or go somewhere at all: X к Y-y (в место Z) ни ногой - [in present contexts]

⇒ X doesn't set (never sets) foot in Y's house (in place Z etc); X never crosses Y's threshold (the threshold of Y's house, the threshold of place Z etc); X keeps (steers) clear of Y (Y's house, place Z etc).

     ♦ "Мне сказывали, что в Риме наши художники в Ватикан ни ногой" (Тургенев 2). "I am told that in Rome our artists never set foot in the Vatican" (2c).

     ♦ "Вот только съезжу сегодня отобедаю - и ни ногой" (Гончаров 1). "I'll go and dine there to-day-and then I shall never cross the threshold of her house!" (1a).

     ♦ ...Всё больше таких мастаков красилей набирается: нигде не состоят, нигде не работают... И очень жена надежду таит, что вернётся Иван [из лагеря] и тоже в колхоз ни ногой, и тоже таким красилём станет (Солженицын 7). There were more of these master dyers all the time. They weren't on anybody's payroll, they had no regular job. ... His [Ivan's] wife's dearest hope was that when he got home [from the camp] he would keep clear of the kolkhoz and take up dyeing himself (7c).

2. ни ногой откуда never to leave some place: X из места Y ни ногой ≈ [in present contexts]

⇒ X never sets foot outside (out of) place Y.