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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | by any stretch of imagination | как ни напрягай фантазию (Anglophile) |
| gen. | by any stretch of imagination | см. by no stretch of the imagination (если в другом месте в предложении уже есть отрицание, "by no" трансформируется в "(not) by any" 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | by any stretch of the imagination | никак не назовёшь (usually preceded by the negative particle "not": This incident doesn't dominate the news here by any stretch of the imagination. ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | by any stretch of the imagination | даже с большой натяжкой (в контексте: The Samsung Galaxy S8 isn't the cheapest phone on the market by any stretch of the imagination; in fact, it's one of the most expensive. 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | by any stretch of the imagination | см. by no stretch of the imagination (если в другом месте в предложении уже есть отрицание, "by no" трансформируется в "(not) by any" 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | not by any stretch of the imagination | 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) |
| idiom. | not by any stretch of the imagination | даже при большом желании (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | not by any stretch of the imagination | даже при большом воображении (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| gen. | not by any stretch of the imagination | 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) |