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в чём мать родила́ • (v čom matʹ rodilá)
- stark naked, mother-naked, in the buff (completely unclothed) (literally, “like when born by mother”)
1956–1957, Mikhael Sholokhov, Fate of Man:Ну, добежа́ли (соба́ки) и в одну́ мину́ту спусти́ли с меня́ всё рваньё. Оста́лся я в чём мать родила́.- Nu, dobežáli (sobáki) i v odnú minútu spustíli s menjá vsjo rvanʹjó. Ostálsja ja v čom matʹ rodilá.
- Well, they (the dogs) caught up (with me), and one minute later stripped me of all my rags. I was left in the buff.