soyub qaplağança
/sojub qaplaʁantʃa/
Idiom
Literal translation
as if flayed and laid over (him)
Intended meaning
To resemble another person to an extreme, absolute degree; to be the very image of someone.
- Tokaşnı esine tüşürüb, anı tansıqlasa, atasına soyub qaplağança uşağan İsmayılnı sıfatına ışanlab qarab... muruldar edi.Remembering Tokash and missing him, he would gaze intently at the face of Ismayil, who was the very image of his father, and ... murmur to himself.
- Bablina ua jarlı qarındaşıma qalay uşaydı, soyub qaplağan kibik.And how Bablina resembles my poor brother — she is his very image.
Variants
- soyub qaplağan kibik
- soyub qaplağanlay
Sources
Show sources
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary