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даже при всём желании (used for saying that you think something cannot be true or possible no matter how hard you try to imagine it It’s not a great work of cinema by any stretch of the imagination. MED Alexander Demidov); как ни раскидывай мозгами (not by any stretch of the imagination | by no stretch of the imagination idiom used to say strongly that something is not true, even if you try to imagine or believe it • She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful. • By no stretch of the imagination could the trip be described as relaxing. OALD Alexander Demidov) |
