хоть святых уноси

• ХОТЬ СВЯТЫХ (ВОН) ВЫНОСИ (НЕСИ, УНОСИ) obsoles, coll

[хоть + VPimper; these forms only; usu. subord clause, often introduced by что; fixed WO]

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⇒ (sth. is) intolerable, appalling, embarrassing, or repulsive to the eyes or ears:

- (it (this [NP] etc) is) enough to make the saints blush;

- such a [NP] (so [AdjP]) that the saints would blush;

- (it (this [NP] etc) is) enough to make a preacher (the saints) swear;

- (it (this [NP] etc) is) enough to try the patience of a saint.

     ♦ Был он чудак... шутник, враль. Бывало, такого наврёт, хоть святых выноси (Г рекова 3). He was an oddball, a joker, a liar. Sometimes he could invent such lies that the saints would blush... (3a).