не без того

• НЕ БЕЗ ТОГО coll

[PrepP; Invar; usu. indep. remark]

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⇒ (used as a mild affirmative response to a question or to corroborate s.o.'s or one's own statement) there is truth in what has been said:

- thertfs some truth to that;

- you could say that;

- there's no denying it;

- I can't deny it;

- I guess (suppose) it <he etc> is (does, has etc);

- [when confirming that some action or occurrence does take place sometimes] it happens.

     ♦ "Да у тебя, говорю, метка от него [бати] на лбу до сих пор". - "Меня, говорит, и после того много били". - "Ну, и как, говорю, с пользой?" - "Не без того, - говорит, а сам всё отворачивается, отворачивается, - было время подумать" (Максимов 2). "Well," I said, "you've still got a scar on your forehead that my old man gave you." "There were plenty of others beside him who beat me up," he said. "And did it do you any good?" I asked him. "Guess it did," he said, trying all the time to turn away, "I've had plenty of time to think about it since" (2a).

     ♦ [author's usage] Виктор сел. "Я здорово пьян?" - спросил он. "Не без, - сказал Голем. - Но это неважно..." (Стругацкие 1). Victor sat down. "I'm really plowed, huh?" he asked. "Can't deny it," said Golem. "But never mind..." (1a).