içi tüşgen eçki kibik
/itʃi tyʃɡen etʃki kibik/
Literal translation
like a goat whose insides have fallen in
Intended meaning
Extremely thin and gaunt; having no flesh left, nothing but bones.
- Qara mıŋa, qara, sen a ne etese, içi tüşgen eçki kibik, eki qabırğaŋ da bir birge tie? Qaçan aqıllı bolğansa? – dep, Abuk örge kötürüldü."Look at this one, look, and what are you up to, like a goat with its insides fallen in, your two ribs touching each other? Since when did you get clever?" – said Abuk, rising to their feet.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 229