keçesi, künü da it bolurğa
/ketʃesi, kyny da it bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to be a dog both night and day
Intended meaning
To live working ceaselessly, never knowing any rest, and enduring endless hardship.
- Keçesi, künü da it bolub turadı, alay a öhtemdi, kişige jalınmay jaşaydı.They toil like a dog night and day, yet they are proud and live without begging from anyone.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary