borbaysız bolurğa
/borbajsɯz bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become without hamstrings
Intended meaning
To lose one's strength and waste away; to become feeble and thin.
- Qart Jumaruq, jaş zamanındaça, qanat qaqdı, qanatları qıyılıb, borbaysız bolub, ırandan çığalmay, quru süek bolğan sanlarında qan jürüy başladı.Old Dzhumaruk beat his wings as in his young days; his wings buckled, he went weak, and unable to get off the ledge, the blood began to stir in his limbs that had become nothing but bone.
- Hadijat, çay da içermi ediŋ? – degeninde, unamadı: – Ayran küç beredi, çay borbaysız etedi, – dep qoydu.When he was asked, "Khadizhat, would you drink some tea as well?" she declined: "Ayran gives strength, tea makes you weak," she said.
Variants
- borbaysız eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 141