qarğa qabar eti bolmağan

/qarʁa qabar eti bolmaʁan/

Literal translation

having no flesh for a crow to peck

Extremely thin and wasted away; emaciated.

Kerti aytasa, Sapiyat, bıltır kolhozda da işlemegenni orununda ediŋ, üsüŋde qarğa qabar etiŋ joq edi... Endi ua tin kirib, adamğa uşağansa, – dedi Hasan."You speak the truth, Sapiyat — last year too you were like someone who did no work in the kolkhoz, there wasn't enough flesh on you for a crow to peck... But now the spirit has come back into you and you look like a person again," said Hasan.

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