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• КУДА НИ КИНЬ, ВЕЗДЕ <ВСЕ, ВСЮДУ> КЛИН

[saying]

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⇒ anything one tries or does is futile because the given problem cannot be solved, the given situation cannot be resolved etc:

- ≈ every avenue is (comes up) a dead end;

- there's no way out.

     ♦ Куда ни кинь - везде клин. Что же делать? К кому завтра пойти [за деньгами]? А к кому пойдёшь? Не к кому (Распутин 1). Every avenue was a dead end. What was he to do? Whom to ask for money tomorrow? As if there was anybody to ask! Nobody (1a).