etinden üzüb bergença

/etinden yzyb berɡentʃa/

Literal translation

as if tearing it off from one's own flesh and giving it

Said of someone who parts with something with great reluctance, begrudging every bit of it.

İş haqımı da, etinden üzüb bergença, ma alay qızğanıb beredi tamatam.Even my wages my boss hands over that grudgingly, as if tearing them from their own flesh.

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