sarı salam bolurğa
/sarɯ salam bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to become yellow straw
Intended meaning
To turn sallow and become feeble and gaunt, as from illness or exhaustion.
- Ol jaşçıq qıynalıb keldi, avtobus jaraşmay, sarı salam bolğan edi.That boy arrived worn out; the bus had not worked out, and he had gone pale as straw.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary