aytmay qoy
/ajtmaj qoj/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom · Formula · Exclamation
Literal translation
don't even say it
Intended meaning
Used to say that something exists in an enormous quantity, beyond counting.
- Uwaq-tüek uruçulanı ua aytmay oquna qoy! Qayğı azmıdı?!And as for petty thieves — there is no end of them! Is there any shortage of trouble?!
Idiom · Formula
Literal translation
don't even say it
Intended meaning
Used to set something aside as too obvious or too plentiful to bother enumerating: let alone that, never mind that.
- Eki iynegibiz, toğuz-on qoyubuz bardı. Ne ullu qonaq kelse da, ayıpsız aşırallıqbız. Terekleribizni ua aytmay qoy!We have two cows and nine or ten sheep. However great a guest comes, we can see him off without shame. And as for our trees — not to mention them!
Variants
- aytmay oquna qoy
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 25