qarını burununa jeterge
/qarɯnɯ burununa dʒeterɡe/
Literal translation
for one's belly to reach one's nose
Intended meaning
Of a woman: to be far along in pregnancy, at the stage when she is greatly swollen.
- «Men munu ne bla mudah etgenme?.. Qarınım burunuma jetgen zamanda da er kişi, tişirıw jumuşun da etib aylanŋanma», – dep, Sapiyat, kesin tıyalmay, orunduqğa bawurundan qaplandı."What did I ever upset him with?.. Even when my belly had reached my nose I went about doing both the men's work and the women's work," said Sapiyat, and, unable to hold herself back, she threw herself face-down on the bed.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 308