beş başı bla atlarğa
/beʃ baʃɯ bla atlarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to stride with five heads
Intended meaning
To be far more capable and hard-working than another person, outdoing them by a wide margin at a task.
- Osman Mahtini çalğı çalıwda beş başı bla atlaydı."Osman outstrips Makhti five times over at mowing."
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary