no mean

no mean
немалый, значительный [этим. библ. Acts XXI, 39]

The workmanship was very fine... and it must have cost the purchaser no mean sum of money. (D. du Maurier, ‘The Scapegoat’, ch. V) — Это медальон тончайшей работы и должно быть, недешево обошелся владельцу.

I had to get a bus, then a train, and then we had to walk back from the hospital to the station. It was no mean task. (J. Walsh, ‘Not Like This’, ‘My Girls’) — Надо было ехать в автобусе, затем на поезде, да еще обратно идти пешком от больницы до вокзала. Это был нелегкий путь.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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