köz açmağanma
/køz atʃmaʁanma/
Idiom · Formula · Exclamation
Literal translation
I have not opened an eye
Intended meaning
Said when one has never before encountered anyone or anything so remarkable.
- Uyalıb baradı, – dedi Fazika, Mariyanı ızından qarab. – Men bıllay namıslı qızğa alıqa köz açmağanma."She walks along shyly," said Fazika, looking after Mariya. "I have never yet met such a well-mannered girl."
- Ollahiy, jaşla, anıça ustağa ua men köz açmağanma.By God, lads, I have never seen a master like him.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary