qabırdan qobarğa
/qabɯrdan qobarʁa/
Literal translation
to rise from the grave
Intended meaning
To become, or look, extremely thin and feeble.
- Bügün ekibiz da qabırdan qophanlaça birlebiz. Ayıp etmegiz, kete barayıq.Today the two of us are like people risen from the grave. Don't take it amiss, let us be on our way.
- Kelgende ua – qabırdan çığıb kelgendi de da qoy! Çımmaq! Qar da qar, ol da [Muhtar] qar.And when he came in – you would just say he had come straight out of the grave! Snow-white! Snow everywhere, and he [Mukhtar] snow as well.
Variants
- qabırdan çığarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 283