eti terisine sıyınmazğa
/eti terisine sɯjɯnmazʁa/
Literal translation
for one's flesh not to fit inside one's skin
Intended meaning
To become enormously fat; to put on a boundless amount of weight.
- Jut bayla halqnı arqasından tüşmey aylanadıla, jawları qarınlarına qaynap, etleri terilerine sıyınmay.The greedy rich go about never getting off the people's back, their fat boiling in their bellies, their flesh not fitting inside their skin.
- Biz köre kelgen duniyada bu aş-suw jürügen jerlede işlegen adamlanı etleri terilerine sıyınıb bolmawçudu.In the world we have seen, the flesh of the people who work in these places where food and drink pass through never fits inside their skin.
Variants
- eti terisine sıyınıb bolmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 524