atlı bla jayaw kibik
/atlɯ bla dʒajaw kibik/
Idiom
Literal translation
like a rider and a man on foot
Intended meaning
Used of two things that differ enormously — in strength, size, intelligence, standing and the like — with one far outstripping the other.
- Bolsa da, Çöpeni baqdırırğa ketgen künü bla qaythan künün teŋleşdirseŋ, atlı bla jayaw kibikdi.All the same, if you compare the day Chöpe left to be treated with the day he came back, it is like a rider beside a man on foot.
- Jılnı al üç ayına sawğanıbıznı tergeb aytdıla da, borç bla bizni arabız atlı bla jayawça keŋdi.They tallied up what we had milked in the year's first three months, and the gap between us and the quota is as wide as between a rider and a man on foot.
Variants
- atlı bla jayawça
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary