tawuq burunu bla eltirça bolurğa
/tawuq burunu bla eltirtʃa bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to become such that a hen could carry one off with its beak
Intended meaning
To live on into extreme old age, growing very frail and weak.
- Qanşaw tawuq burunu bla eltirça bolğandı, bek qarıwsuzdu.Kanshau has grown so frail a hen could carry him off in its beak; he is very weak.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary