çegileri tüyülürge
/tʃeɡileri tyjylyrɡe/
Literal translation
for one's intestines to be tied in knots
Intended meaning
To be left weak and helpless from laughing too hard.
- Tükençini bla tirmençini, brigadirni bla buhgalterni üslerinden nazmu tizginle ua çegileri tüyülürge jetginçi küldürdüle.The lines of verse about the shopkeeper and the miller, the brigade leader and the accountant made them laugh until their sides split.
Variants
- qarnı tüyülürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 492
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 225