awuzun açıb jabhınçı
/awuzun atʃɯb dʒabxɯntʃɯ/
Idiom
Literal translation
before one opens and shuts one's mouth
Intended meaning
Very quickly; in a moment, almost immediately.
- Men awuzumu açıb jabhınçı, süygen teŋim ol boza betli suwnu sabır barğan tolqununa taşaydı.Before I could open and shut my mouth, my beloved friend vanished into the slow-moving current of that buza-colored water.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary