не судьба

• НЕ СУДЬБА (кому-чему)

[NP; subj-compl with быть (subj: infin, often omitted); usu. pres]

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⇒ fortune decrees that sth. is not to happen or be accomplished:

- не судьба X-у делать Y - it is not destined that X do Y;

- it's not X's destiny (fate) to do Y;

- X is not destined (fated) to do Y;

- it is not (meant) to be;

- it is not in the cards;

- [when used without an infin, as an indep. remark] fate willed (ordained) otherwise.

     ♦ [Телегин:] Значит, Марина Тимофеевна, не судьба им жить тут. Не судьба... (Чехов 3). [T.:] It means, Marina Timofeevna, that it's not their fate to live here. Not their fate... (3d).

     ♦ "Всё кончено!" - отвечал я и отдал ей батюшкино письмо... Прочитав, она возвратила мне письмо дрожащею рукою и сказала дрожащим голосом: "Видно, мне не судьба... Родные ваши не хотят меня в свою семью" (Пушкин 2). "It's all over!" I answered, handing her my father's letter. ...Having read the letter, she returned it to me with a trembling hand and said in a faltering voice: "Evidently, fate has ordained otherwise... Your parents do not wish to receive me into their family" (2a).