трещать по швам
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Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[tree-SCHAT' pa shvam]
Translation / meaning:
(lit.) to burst at the seams
to be in a state of complete decline, to fall apart, to collapse; (also about clothing) to be too tight to the wearer
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