МОЖНО ТОПОР ВЕШАТЬ

• (ХОТЬ) ТОПОР ВЕШАЙ; МОЖНО ТОПОР ВЕШАТЬ highly coll

[(хоть +) VPimper, used as impers predic (1st var.; impers predic with быть (2nd var.); fixed WO (with можно movable)]

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⇒ it is unbearably stuffy, it feels as if there is no air to breathe (in some lodging or room):

- you could cut the air with a knife;

- you can hardly breathe.

     ♦ [author's usage] Я люблю набитые ребятами кузова машин, бараки и палатки, хоть там топор можно повесить (Аксёнов 1). What I like is trucks, barracks, tents, so jammed with guys you can hardly breathe (1a).