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| Russian | English |
| не тут-то было | far from it (WiseSnake) |
| не тут-то было | nothing of the kind (WiseSnake) |
| не тут-то было | it was not to be |
| не тут-то было! | think again |
| не тут-то было | no such luck (The next morning we were soggy and depressed and hadn't had much sleep, but I thought that if we just got riding the rain would let up after a while. No such luck. By ten o'clock the sky was so dark all the cars had their headlights on. twinkie) |
| не тут-то было | as if! (ирон.) |
| не тут-то было | have another thing coming (If you think you can get away with it, you have another thing coming Ballistic) |
| не тут-то было | that's not how it turned out |
| не тут-то было | it wasn't to be (Anglophile) |
| не тут-то было | not so (I naively thought I could see out my notice period. Not so. Abysslooker) |
| но не тут-то было! | but it was not to be (Interex) |