tört sanın tüyüb jaşağan

/tørt sanɯn tyjyb dʒaʃaʁan/

Idiom

Literal translation

having lived beating his four limbs

Describing someone who earns their living by punishing physical labour, supported by nothing but the work of their own hands.

Men, tört sanımı tüyüb, küçden jaşağan bir adamma, meni ne zatıma erişese?I am a man who lives only barely, beating my four limbs at work — what of mine is there for you to envy?

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