ayaq basa, köz qısa

/ajaq basa, køz qɯsa/

Idiom

Literal translation

treading the foot, winking the eye

By deceiving someone with cunning, to turn a matter to one's own advantage; trickery and underhandedness.

Ayaq basa, köz qısa, qalay süyse, alay ete, bizge da mıyıq tübünden küle aylanadı [Azamat Alieviç].By cunning and deceit he does just as he pleases, and goes about smirking into his mustache at us too [Azamat Alievich].

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