keçegi börk kibik
/ketʃeɡi børk kibik/
Literal translation
like a night cap
Intended meaning
Said of a person who is sleepy, flustered and downcast, and looks a sorry sight.
- Siz zımpıqlanı [Ishaq, İbragim, Azaw] başha umutuğuz bolmaz. Keçegi börkle kibik, üyügüb körünesiz. Sizden ne jigitlik iş izlerge, ne tiri söz eşitirge bolluqdu?!You rascals [Ishaq, Ibrahim, Azau] can have no other hope. You look drooping, like night caps. What heroic deed is to be expected of you, what brisk word is to be heard from you?!
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 240