közü eşikdedi
/køzy eʃikdedi/
Idiom
Literal translation
one's eye is at the door
Intended meaning
Eager to be gone; ready at any moment to get up and go, or to slip away.
- Entda da jol Dawuslağa çığadı. Köredi Halıw, biyağındağı Dawus tüyüldü ol. Anı közü eşikdedi.Once again the road leads out to the Dauuses. Halıw sees that this is not the Dauus of before. His eye is on the door.
Variants
- kölü eşikdedi
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary