и на том спасибо

• И НА ТОМ СПАСИБО; СПАСИБО И НА ЭТОМ both coll

[sent; these forms only; usu. this WO]

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⇒ although sth. (often some outcome) may not be entirely satisfactory, it does have at least some positive aspect(s) (as indicated) that the concerned person appreciates or should appreciate:

- that's (at least) something to be thankful for;

- that's something, at least;

- one should <must> be thankful <grateful> at least for that;

- thanks for that, anyway;

- [in limited contexts] and one is lucky to get that (much).

     ♦ ...Нелепо мне ходить по Москве с переводчиком. Стучать на меня бессмысленно, секретов-то нету, это вы знаете. Спасибо и на этом (Аксёнов 7). I feel ridiculous with an interpreter on my heels. Why spy on me? What's the point? You know I have no secrets. "That's something at least" (7a).

     ♦ Он [Виктор] поглядел вдоль бетонки. До перекрёстка шесть километров и от перекрёстка до города - километров двадцать... Тут он заметил, что дождь ослабел. "И на том спасибо", - подумал он (Стругацкие 1). Не [Victor] looked down the road. Four miles till the cross roads and thirteen miles from there to town. ...He suddenly noticed that the rain had died down. "Thanks for that, anyway," he thought (1a).

     ♦ [Лопахин:] Сколько она пришлёт? Тысяч сто? Двести? [Любовь Андреевна:] Ну... Тысяч десять-пятнадцать, и на том спасибо (Чехов 2). [L.:] How much is she sending? A hundred thousand roubles? TWo hundred thousand? [Mrs. Ranevsky:] Oh, about ten or fifteen thousand, and we're lucky to get that much (2c).