eki qolu da çana jayaqları kibik
/eki qolu da tʃana dʒajaqlarɯ kibik/
Literal translation
both his hands are like the side-rails of a sledge
Intended meaning
Said of a skinny person whose arms are unusually long.
- Eki qolu da çana jayaqları kibik, sozula-sozula keledi.Both of his arms like the side-rails of a sledge, he comes along stretching and stretching.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 512