jaz til
/dʒaz til/
Idiom
Literal translation
spring tongue
Intended meaning
Speech in which the real meaning is only hinted at rather than stated outright; allusive, indirect wording that the listener has to work out.
- Qazaqlanı art terezeni üç kere qağarsız. Kimdi ol degenŋe mal izleybiz dep, jaz til bla söleşirsiz.Knock three times on the Kazakovs' back window. To whoever asks who it is, say that you are looking for livestock — speak in veiled words.
- Jaş, qayın anasını jaz tilin aŋılab, tükküçnü terk oquna jarğandı.The young man, catching his mother-in-law's hint, split the block of wood at once.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary