eşekge müyüz çıqğınçı
/eʃekɡe myjyz tʃɯqʁɯntʃɯ/
Idiom
Literal translation
until horns grow on a donkey
Intended meaning
Used of something that will never come about, no matter how long one waits.
- Eşekge müyüz çıqğınçı, alay bolmaz.That will not happen until horns grow on a donkey.
- Ha-ha-ha! Ala aythança, eşekge müyüz çıqsa da, bolmaz.Ha-ha-ha! As they put it, even if a donkey grew horns, it still would not happen.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary