çardaqğa athanlıqğa, qurt bolluq tüyüldü
/tʃardaqʁa atxanlɯqʁa, qurt bolluq tyjyldy/
Idiom
Literal translation
even if thrown up onto the drying loft, it will not turn into maggots
Intended meaning
Said of an extremely thin, emaciated person with no flesh on them.
- Arıqdan, çardaqğa atsaŋ, qurt bolluq tüyüldü.He is so thin that if you threw him up on the drying loft, he would not even breed maggots.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 490