да и только

• ...ДА И ТОЛЬКО coll

[used as Particle; Invar; fixed WO]

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1. used when calling or describing some person, thing etc by some name to show that the person, thing etc has all the applicable characteristics of that name: (a) real (regular, sheer, total) [NP];

⇒ (a) [NP], pure and simple; a [NP], a real (regular etc) [NP]; [in limited contexts] really [AdjP].

     ♦ Скоро приедет Эдик, и опять разговоры о любви и хватание руками, мученье да и только (Аксёнов 1). Soon Edik would come, and again there'd be talk of love and pawing around, sheer torture., (1a).

     ♦ "Уж кто-то и пришёл! - сказал Обломов, кутаясь в халат. - А я ещё не вставал - срам да и только!" (Гончаров 1). "Someone has come already!" said Oblomov, wrapping his dressing gown around him. "And I haven't even got up yet-it's really disgraceful!" (1b).

2. used to add emphasis to the named action:

- one just (simply) (does sth.).

     ♦ Мать его ругает, а он в ответ смеётся, да и только. His mother scolds him and he just laughs in reply.

     ♦ С этой минуты настойчивый взгляд Ольги не выходил из головы Обломова. Напрасно он во весь рост лёг на спину, напрасно брал самые ленивые и покойные позы - не спится, да и только (Гончаров 1). From that moment Olga's persistent gaze haunted Oblomov. In vain did he stretch out full length on his back, in vain did he assume the laziest and most comfortable positions-he simply could not go to sleep (1a).