дыхнуть нечем

• ДОХНУТЬ <ДЫХНУТЬ substand> НЕГДЕ <НЕЛЬЗЯ, НЕЧЕМ> coll

[these forms only; impers predic with быть; pres or past]

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⇒ some place is extremely crowded, there are too many people or things there:

- there's no room to breathe (no breathing room, no elbow room, no room to turn around).

     ♦ [Таня:] Скоро на голову будут ставить [мебель]. Дохнуть нечем (Розов 2). [Т.:] They'll soon be piling furniture on our heads. There's no room to breathe as it is (2a).