bılay da bılay derge
/bɯlaj da bɯlaj derɡe/
Formula
Literal translation
to say "thus and thus"
Intended meaning
Used in place of the actual words when someone sets out to report a matter exactly as it happened.
- Barayım tamatağa. Bılay da bılay deyim, on minutha keçigib kelgenme degenni aytayım.Let me go to the boss. I'll say such-and-such, I'll tell him that I came ten minutes late.
Sources
Show sources
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary