aqğan çalqı
/aqʁan tʃalqɯ/
Idiom
Literal translation
a flowing scythe
Intended meaning
A highly skilled, deft person; a master whose hands succeed at any work.
- Adilgeriy aqğan çalqıdı dep kerti aytadıla, anı qolu jaraşmağan iş joqdu.They speak the truth when they say Adilgeriy is a "flowing scythe" — there is no work his hands cannot manage.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary