çardaqğa athanlıqğa, qurt bolluq tüyüldü
/tʃardaqʁa atxanlɯqʁa, qurt bolluq tyjyldy/
Literal translation
even if thrown up onto the drying loft, it will not turn into maggots
Intended meaning
Said of an extremely thin, emaciated person with no flesh on them.
- Arıqdan, çardaqğa atsaŋ, qurt bolluq tüyüldü.He is so thin that if you threw him up on the drying loft, he would not even breed maggots.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 490