ağaçdan tüyme tüygen
/aʁatʃdan tyjme tyjɡen/
Idiom
Literal translation
one who forges a button out of wood
Intended meaning
A person of exceptional manual skill, able to make anything well.
- Sahitni qolu har zatha birça jaraşadı: ağaç işge, temir işge, tehnika janı bla oquna – ağaçdan tüyme tüygen dep allayğa aytadıla.Sahit's hand takes equally to everything: woodwork, ironwork, even machinery — of such a person they say he could forge a button out of wood.
Variants
- ağaçdan tuhtuy tüygen
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary