kökden taş tüşse, jerge tüşmez
/køkden taʃ tyʃse, dʒerɡe tyʃmez/
Idiom
Literal translation
if a stone fell from the sky, it would not reach the ground
Intended meaning
Said of a place so densely crowded that there is no free space left in it.
- Adamla asırı köpden, pravlen allında, burunŋulula aytıwçulay, kökden taş tüşse, adam başına tiymey, jerge tüşmez derçadı.There were so many people that in front of the board office, as the old folk used to say, you could say that if a stone fell from the sky it would not reach the ground without striking someone's head.
- Klubha adamla köb jıyılğandıla: kökden taş tüşse, jerge tüşmez.A great many people gathered at the club: if a stone fell from the sky, it would not reach the ground.
Variants
- kökden taş tüşse, jerge tierik tüldü
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary