jükge alınŋan qazan kibik
/dʒykɡe alɯnŋan qazan kibik/
Literal translation
like a cauldron set up on the pile of bedding
Intended meaning
Said mockingly of a person who lies or slumps about in an unseemly, undignified way.
- Dorbunda kiyik teri kiygen toğuz adam, jır ayta, et bişire, otda şişlik bura, bir qawumları da, jükge alınŋan qazan kibik, muljarda awub turğanların kördü.He saw nine men in the cave dressed in animal skins, singing, cooking meat, turning kebabs over the fire, and some of them slumped over on the plank bed like a cauldron set on the bedding pile.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 210