Karachay

eti jenine sıyınmazğa

/eti dʒenine sɯjɯnmazʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

for one's flesh not to fit into its sleeve

Intended meaning

To put on an extreme amount of weight; to become immensely obese.
  • Ulbrih közleri tünene açılğan koşt balaçıqdı, Elhlepp eti jenine sıyınmay aylanŋan qabandı.Ulbrich is a pup whose eyes opened only yesterday; Ehlhlepp is a boar going about so fat his flesh will not fit in its sleeve.

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