несть числа

• СЧЕТУ <-a> НЕТ кому-чему coll; НЕТ <НЕСТЬ obs> ЧИСЛА{{}}

[VP; impers]

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⇒ some people (things etc) are present or exist in very great or infinite numbers:

- Х-ам счёту нет{{}}≈ there are innumerable (countless, myriad) Xs;

- there is no counting (no end to) the Xs;

- there are more Xs than one can count.

     ♦ ...Находившийся перед ним [Чичиковым] узенький дворик весь был наполнен птицами и всякой домашней тварью. Индейкам и курам не было числа... (Гоголь 3). ...The small yard outside was full of birds and all sorts of domestic creatures. There were innumerable chickens and turkey hens... (3e). ...He [Chichikov] saw that the narrow yard was teeming with fowl and every kind of domestic animal. There was no counting the turkeys and hens... (3d).