поворотиться негде

• ПОВЕРНУТЬСЯ <ПОВОРОТИТЬСЯ obs> НЕГДЕ; НЕ ПОВЕРНЕШЬСЯ; НЕ ПОВЕРНУТЬСЯ all coll

[these forms only; impers predic with быть (variants with infin) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing; var. не повернуться can be used as quantit subj-compl with быть (subj/ gen: людей, народу etc)]

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⇒ some place is so full of people or things that there is no free space:

- there's no room to move (to turn around);

- one can hardly (barely) move (breathe);

- there's hardly (barely, scarcely) room to move (to breathe);

- there isn't room to swing a cat.

     ♦ Квартира так заставлена мебелью, что повернуться негде. The apartment is so full of furniture there's no room to turn around.