iş köllü
/iʃ kølly/
Idiom
Literal translation
work-hearted
Intended meaning
Fond of work and never shirking it; industrious, diligent.
- Ata-anaları sabiylerine ol zamanlada ullu bilim beralmasala da, urunurğa üyretgendile, iş köllü etgendile.Even though their parents could not give their children much education in those days, they taught them to work and made them industrious.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary