и подавно

• И ПОДАВНО coll

[AdvP; Invar; used as Particle; fixed WO]

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⇒ (used to show that what was said to be true of some person, thing, action etc in the preceding context is) even more true (of the person, thing, action etc stated in conjunction with the idiom):

- even more;

- so much the more (so);

- all the more;

- [with negated verb] certainly...not;

- so much the less;

- there's no way...

     ♦ "Уходи, Виктор, и не показывайся мне больше на глаза, не доводи до краю, если мне своей жизни не жалко, то твоей и подавно..." (Максимов 1). "Go away, Viktor, and don't let me ever set eyes on you again. Don't push me too far. If my own life is unimportant to me, then so much the more so is yours..." (1a)

     ♦ [Кабанова:] ...Тебя [жена] не станет бояться, меня и подавно. Какой же это порядок-то в доме будет? (Островский 6). [К.:] If she isn't afraid of you she certainly won't be afraid of me. What sort of order will there be in the house? (6d) [K.:] If she has no fear of you, so much the less she'll have of me. And then what kind of order will there be in the house? (6a).

     ♦ "Докторская нам не светит, а в Академию и подавно мы никогда не попадем" (Зиновьев 2). [context transl] "We haven't got much chance of a doctorate, and it's not even worth thinking about the Academy" (2a)