ни пройти, ни проехать
phrase
Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[nee praî-TEE, ni pra-YE-hat']
Translation / meaning:
(lit. – neither pass by, nor drive by) describes something obsctructing the passage or extreme tightness
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