kümüşge qarasawut salğança
/kymyʃɡe qarasawut salʁantʃa/
Idiom
Literal translation
as if niello were set on silver
Intended meaning
Said of something that has been decorated finely and made to look elegant.
- Qalğan jerledeça, bizni çuruq jamağan tsehibizde jaŋı tehnikadan juğubuz joqnu orunundadı. Sora kümüşge qarasawut salğança etalmaybız.Unlike everywhere else, in our shoe-repair shop we are as good as without any new equipment. So we cannot do the work as finely as niello set on silver.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 277