(as wise as before (также as wise as one went, none the wiser, not much wiser, no wiser)) зная не больше, чем раньше; ≈ несолоно хлебавши Например: Messrs Blathers and Duff came back again as wise as they went. (Ch. Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. XXXI) — Мистер Блазерс и мистер Дафф опять вернулись несолоно хлебавши.