eti jenine sıyınmazğa
/eti dʒenine sɯjɯnmazʁa/
Literal translation
for one's flesh not to fit into its sleeve
Intended meaning
To put on an extreme amount of weight; to become immensely obese.
- Ulbrih közleri tünene açılğan koşt balaçıqdı, Elhlepp eti jenine sıyınmay aylanŋan qabandı.Ulbrich is a pup whose eyes opened only yesterday; Ehlhlepp is a boar going about so fat his flesh will not fit in its sleeve.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 524