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)

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