köçü bolmasa, suwnu jolun kişi bilmeydi
/køtʃy bolmasa, suwnu dʒolun kiʃi bilmejdi/
Idiom
Literal translation
if there is no Köchü, nobody knows the way to the water
Intended meaning
To win someone over with flattering words so that they do one's bidding, especially so that a heavy or unwanted task is shifted onto them.
- Köçü bolmasa, suwnu jolun kişi bilmeydi dep, dayım bir adamğa işni awurluğun jükleb turğan ayıbdı.It is shameful to keep loading the weight of the work onto one and the same person, saying "if there is no Köchü, nobody knows the way to the water."
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary