borçha barlıqdı
/bortʃxa barlɯqdɯ/
Literal translation
will go for a debt
Intended meaning
Extremely fat; grossly overweight.
- Ollahiy, kölüŋe tiymesin, alay seni egeçiŋ ne türlü borçha da barlıqdı, – dedi qonşum.By God, no offence to you, but that sister of yours would do to settle any sort of debt, said my neighbour.
- Nek ese da Sufiyan bek semirgendi, borçha barlıqdı.For some reason Sufiyan has grown very fat — fat enough to pay off a debt with.
Variants
- borçha tierikdi (Karachay)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 141
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 57