- В-333
- HE ВСЁ ЖЕ кому что делать (Particle) s о. should not or cannot continue doing what he is doing indefinitely (may focus on his need to make a change in the future, on the fact that he spends too much time engaging in the given activity etc), some phenomenon cannot continue indefinitely or happen all the time: не всё же X-y делать Y = X can't go on doing Y forever
thing X can't go on (continue) forever
(with the focus on spending too much time on one activity) person X can't (shouldn't) spend all his time doing Y
не всё же дождю ( снегу и т. п.) идти - it can't go on raining (snowing etc) forever.(Колесов:) Итак, дома ты не ночевала... В первый раз? (Таня:) Да, в первый раз. (Колесов:) Ну что ж. В конце концов не все же тебе ночевать дома (Вампилов 3). (К.:) So, you didn't spend the night at home....For the first time? (T.:) Yes, for the first time. (K.:) Well.... You can't go on spending the night at home forever, after all (3b).He расстраивайся из-за погоды: не все же дождю идти - еще успеем и позагорать и поплавать. Don't let the weather get you down: it can't go on raining forever. We'll still have time to get a tan and go swimming.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.