uf deseŋ awarça bolurğa
/uf deseŋ awartʃa bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be such that one would topple over if you said "uf"
Intended meaning
To be drained of all strength and in a wretched, pained state, so that the least thing overcomes one.
- Qıyınlı, «uf» deseŋ awarça bolğandı.The poor wretch has grown so weak that saying "uf" would knock him over.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 480