sanları qıyılırğa
/sanlarɯ qɯjɯlɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's limbs to be cut
Intended meaning
To lose all strength and become physically feeble, so drained that one can barely stand or move.
- Awruğannı sanları qıyılğandı, jerinden qobalmaydı.The sick person's limbs have given out; they cannot rise from where they lie.
- Sordum, közüŋe qarayalmay, Sordum, soluwum tıyıla. Alğınça, sıltaw qurayalmay, Sordum, sanlarım qıyıla.I asked, unable to look you in the eye; I asked, my breath catching. Unable to make up an excuse as I used to, I asked, my limbs going weak.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 389
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 173