eki qabırğası bir birge tierge
/eki qabɯrʁasɯ bir birɡe tierɡe/
Literal translation
for one's two ribs to touch each other
Intended meaning
To grow extremely thin and emaciated, said of an animal or a person.
- Qara mıŋa, qara, sen a ne etese, içi tüşgen eçki kibik, eki qabırğaŋ da bir birge tie. Qaçan aqıllı bolğansa?Look at him, look, what are you doing to yourself — like a goat with a sunken belly, your two ribs are touching each other. When will you get some sense?
Variants
- eki qabırğası bir birge qatarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 512