ayaq basar jer
/ajaq basar dʒer/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
a place to set one's foot
Intended meaning
So crowded or packed that there is barely any space left.
- Aq-taşnı tögeregine köb qoy sürüw jayılğandan, ayaq basar jer oquna qalmağandı derça boldu.So many flocks of sheep had spread out around Aq-Tash that one could say there was not even a place left to set a foot.
Idiom
Literal translation
a place to set one's foot
Intended meaning
To have no liberty to come and go as one pleases.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary