и помину

• И ПОМИНА <-у> нет о ком-чём obs

[NPgen; these forms only; used as subj/ gen]

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1. (s.o. or sth. is) not discussed or referred to at all in conversation: об X-e и помину не было ≈ X was not even mentioned (made mention of); no mention was made of X; not a word was said about X.

     ♦ ...Опять Анисья заговорила носом, что "она в первый раз от хозяйки слышит о свадьбе, что в разговорах с ней даже помину не было, да и свадьбы нет, и статочное ли дело?" (Гончаров 1). ...Again Anisya's nose proclaimed that this was the first time she had ever heard the landlady speak of a wedding; that it had never even been mentioned between them; and there was no wedding, was there, and how could such a thing be possible? (1b).

2. (s.o. or sth. is) completely absent, entirely missing, nonexistent etc: об X-e и помину не было ≈ there was no sign of X; there was not even (not so much as) a hint (a trace etc) of X.