qathan qabırğa
/qatxan qabɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
dried-out side (of the body)
Intended meaning
A person who is extremely thin and bony.
- Bazıqlığım a kesimikidi. Ala ekisi da qathan qabırğalağa begirek uşaydıla.My stoutness is my own affair. Those two look more like a pair of dried-out sides.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary