М-49

В ЧЁМ (KAK) МАТЬ РОДИЛА highly coll these forms only fixed WO

1. - остаться, оставить кого и т. п. ( subj-compl with copula (subj: human, obj-compl with оставить etc

obj: human), or detached modif ) (to remain, leave s.o. etc) without any clothes on

in one's birthday suit

(as) naked as the day one was born in the altogether stark naked in the buff without a stitch of clothing (on) naked as a jaybird.

«Ну, добежали (собаки) и в одну минуту спустили с меня всё моё рванье. Остался в чем мать родила» (Шолохов 1). "They (the dogs) ran up to me, and in a moment they'd torn all my rags off me. I was left in my birthday suit" (1a).

Нас голых, в чём мать родила, перед мытьём стригли в коридоре (Марченко 1). Naked as the day we were born, we had to wait there in the corridor to be shorn before going on to get washed (1a).

Говорили о том, что был сеанс в Варьете, после коего все две тысячи зрителей выскочили на улицу в чем мать родила... (Булгаков 9). It was said that there had been a strange performance at the Variety Theater, after which the entire audience of two thousand persons ran out into the street stark naked... (9a).

2. - оставить, пустить кого и т. п. ( usu. obj-compl with оставить etc

obj: human)) (to leave s.o. ) without money, without any means ( usu. in contexts of robbing s.o. , winning all s.o. 's money at cards, taking possession of all s.o. 's property by deceitful means etc): without a penny to one's ( s.o. 's) name.