kök iyne
/køk ijne/
Idiom
Literal translation
a blue needle
Intended meaning
An extremely small quantity, especially of goods or property.
- Kaznanı kök iynesi bir arba tuzdan awurdu.The merest scrap of the treasury weighed more than a cartload of salt.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary