ıtta-bıtda dep

/ɯtta-bɯtda dep/

Idiom

Literal translation

saying itta-bitda

Using every possible device or effort to manage something; barely, by dint of struggling with all one's might.

Olsağatda munu atı da allına alay sekirdi, Smayıl üsünde ıtta-bıtda dep, küçden qaldı.Just then his horse leapt forward so hard that Smayil, scrambling about on top of it every which way, barely stayed on.

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