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КИШМЯ КИШЕТЬ coll VP fixed WO

1. ( subj: animal (pi or collect) ) to be present ( usu. in a lake, river, forest etc) in large numbers: в месте Y кишмя кишат Х-ы - there are tons (throngs, zillions etc ) of Xs in place Y

there is a swarm of Xs in place Y ( usu. in refer, to insects and small creatures) there is (there swarms) an army of Xs in place Y.

Около оголившихся корней того дуба, под которым я сидел, по серой, сухой земле... кишмя кишели муравьи (Толстой 2). Around the uncovered roots of the oak tree under which I sat and over the dry gray earth... there swarmed an army of ants (2b).

2. - кем-чем ( subj: a noun denoting a place) to contain a large number of living organisms: место X кишмя кишит Y-ами — place X is alive (crawling, teeming, swarming) with Ys

place X abounds with Ys place X is jumping with Ys (in limited contexts) place X is infested with Ys.