Expressions

Idioms

• qulağı şağatdı — heard it firsthand
• qulağı tururğa — prick up ears
• qulağı-başı şoş — living carefree; quiet and meek
• qulağın ayırmazğa — listen intently
• qulağın burununa baylap — work doggedly
• qulağın qızdırırğa — speak ill behind back
• qulağın üzdürüb aşarğa — deliciously tasty
• qulağına almazğa — pay no heed
• qulağına ilinirge — catch wind of
• qulağına kirmezge — pay no heed
• qulaq burmazğa — pay no heed
• qulaq çiginjiŋ joqmudu — are you deaf
• qulaq janına berirge — strike someone
• qulaq jiberirge — lend an ear
• qulaq mindew — a mere trifle
• qulaq ot alırğa — get tipsy
• qulaq qağarğa — raise hands in prayer
• qulaq salırğa — listen attentively; accept as right
• qulaq tınçı bolurğa — be free of worry
• qulaq tigerge — pay attention
• qulaq turğuzurğa — listen closely
• qulaq tutmazğa — refuse to listen
• qulaqdan tohtarğa — go deaf
• qulaqğa almazğa — pay no attention
• qulaqları çuwuldarğa — feel faint
• qulaqları örge tururğa — be on the alert
• qulaqların bururğa — warn sternly
• qulf orun kibik — cramped and tiny
• qulu-qazağı bolurğa — obey unquestioningly
• qum bla urğança — strip bare
• qumğa suw quyğança — to no avail
• qumuqlu harbızdan çıqğança — out of nowhere
• qundur aythanlay — expecting the worst
• qunduz iylewün berirge — beat severely
• qunduz qanatı kibik — jet-black and glossy
• qurçu qanarğa — get one's fill
• qurğaq halısı joqdu — soaked through; visibly drunk
• qurğaq özdenlik eterge — empty courtesy
• qurğaq söz — empty talk
• qurmaç çartlağança söleşirge — speak fluently and fast
• qurmaç kibik çağarğa — burst into bloom
• qurman a körgense — old enough to know
• qurman bolurğa — blessing of devotion
• qurmanlıq kerekli qalırğa — narrow escape
• qurmanlıqğa jüklenirge — vow a sacrifice
• qurt-qumursha kibik — countless, swarming
• quru aylanŋan tirmença — idle chatterbox
• quru bolmazğa — have a share; have had a drink
• quru gırjın aşamay jaşarğa — get by meanwhile
• quru jurtda qalırğa — left empty-handed
• quru jurtha qararğa — be left destitute
• quru jurtha qarathan — who ruined someone
• quru közlerinden sora juğu qalmazğa — skin and bones
• quru qalırğa — lose a loved one
• quru qolğa qaratırğa — leave empty-handed
• quru qolu bla — empty-handed
• quş bolubmu uçarıqsa — what's the rush
• quş tügünley çaçarğa — scatter far and wide
• quş tügünley eterge — squander, scatter
• quş urğan tawuqça — flustered and disheveled
• quş-qanat biterge — be overjoyed
• quturğan buğanı müyüzüne atarğa — torment someone
• quturğan it suw boyununa barğanlay — recklessly, senselessly
• quturğan suwğa balta alıb çaphanlay — in vain
• quwanç tıpırlı bolurğa — be overjoyed
• quwğanın tabarğa — get one's comeuppance
• quwğunŋa barğança — in a headlong rush
• quwu qabınırğa — take fright; make angry
• quyruğu bla ot salırğa — stir up trouble
• quyruğu bla qoz sındırğan — swaggering show-off
• quyruğu jer körmezge — have no rest
• quyruğu sınŋan itça — cowed, cringing
• quyruğu-jalı — kin, relations
• quyruğu-jalı qırqılırğa — cut down to size
• quyruğun çıkga salırğa — flatly refuse
• quyruğun qalaç eterge — put on airs
• quyruğun qısarğa — cower and keep quiet
• quyruğun tutarğa — expose a deception
• quyruğuŋ, qulağıŋ meni kibik — fend for yourself
• quyruğuŋu qısıb tur — stay cowed
• quyruq bulğarğa — make excuses
• quyruq uçu kibik — tiny little man
• quyruqlu qağıt — document bringing trouble
• quyruqlu qurt kibik — unreliable person
• quyruqnu tüz tutarğa — behave oneself
• quyruqsuz adam — unreliable person
• sabandan qaythan ögüznü müyüzünde çibinça — undeserved credit
• sabırlığın taşha baylarğa — keep one's composure
• sabiyle qart bolub tuwadıla — wise beyond years
• sabiyleni awuzlarından üzerge — deprive children
• sabiylerin külge quyarğa — orphan one's children
• sabiyni çuwunundan tutub tururğa — stay unmarried for one's child
• sabiyni qalaç bla aldağança — dupe a simpleton
• sadaqa jıyarça bolurğa — become destitute
• sağınŋanıŋı başı bosağa tübünde — speak of the devil
• salam berirge — recite the dua
• salam eterge — wipe out; make plentiful
• salam külte kibik — slovenly person
• salam midel kibik — squander freely
• salam otça — quick to anger; in an instant
• salam qağışırğa — quarrel and brawl
• salamıŋ uzaq bolsun — greetings returned
• salpıları tüşerge — become downcast
• sampalları tüşerge — become dejected
• samum jeliça — at furious speed
• san-san bolurğa — be blown to pieces
• sanap sanı bolmazğa — countless
• sanap, qoluna tutdururğa — tell plainly
• sanawu tawusulğan — advanced in years
• sanawun tawushan — at death's door
• sanı sawnu kölü taw — healthy body, proud spirit
• sanları qıyılırğa — grow weak
• sanları tüşerge — lose strength
• saŋa bilgen amanlığım – başıma — i wish you no harm
• sapda tohtamağan baltaça — unreliable person
• saqalı salınırğa — deeply dejected
• saqalına tükürürge — disgrace publicly; get blind drunk
• saqlay-saqlay qaq bolurğa — wear out waiting
• sarı aş — pre-dawn meal
• sarı çibinça — sharp-tongued person
• sarı jaw içinde bal kibik — live in comfort
• sarı jawça jağılğan — sweet-spoken
• sarı salam bolurğa — grow pale and weak
• sarı suw bolurğa — become weak
• sarıwu qaynarğa — seethe with rage
• sarıwun keserge — calm someone's anger
• sarıwun qaynathan — one bearing a grudge
• satıb alğan kibik — very expensive; sickly child
• satıb keterikdi — sharp as a tack
• satmay sözün bermegen — of few words; shy and well-mannered
• saw barmaqğa – çipirek — sudden misfortune
• saw bol demez — won't approve
• saw bol dep aytdırmağan — good-for-nothing
• saw bolsa — count on someone
• saw köreyim — forget it
• saw közünden — while still alive
• saw süegi qalmazğa — smashed to pieces
• saw süekli — healthy and strong
• saw-şaw ese da — alive or dead
• sawdan öksüz — orphan with living parents
• sawdan şaw — good-for-nothing
• sawğağa berilgen atnı tişlerine qaramaydıla — accept gifts gratefully
• sawlay jerge suğarğa — make life impossible
• sawlay qabırğa kirirge — suffer terribly
• sawlay teyrige salam bermegen — haughty person
• sawluq ayaq — a toast
• sawut bet alırğa — look menacing
• sawut kötürürge — take up arms
• sawut qoyarğa — surrender
• sayın teren eterge — shield from trouble
• saylağan – sayğa — choosers fare worse
• sazğa tüşerge — ploughing has begun
• sekir, toqmaq, ur, toqmaq — do as I say
• sen athan suw meni eltsin — I won't refuse
• sen ayt, men ayt derge — dodge speaking up
• sen aytdıŋ ese — no, hardly
• sen aytdıŋ, men eşitdim — first I've heard
• sen aythan dep tururğa — have no opinion
• sen bar, men bar derge — pass the buck
• sen da jüyüshan, men da jüyüshan — too grand to work
• sen kerekli jerime taş salırma — no use for you
• sen maŋa etgen talaw bolsun — not afraid of you
• sen meni körmegense, men da seni — this never happened
• sen qıptı, men qoy — at your mercy
• sen sawluqdan — counting on you
• sen sen eseŋ, men da menme — refuse to yield
• sen tapha ediŋ — you'd never find
• sen tayanŋan qaya awar — good-for-nothing
• sen tülkü eseŋ, men a quyruğuma — just as cunning
• sen-men dep jaşarğa — live as friends
• senden alğa öleyim — bless you
• senden maŋa joq, menden saŋa joq — we're no longer friends
• senden oŋlu bolmasın baygeldi — not so impressive
• senden qalğa edi başım — you don't scare me
• senek awuz — forkful of hay
• seni allah sıylasın — pardon me
• seni awruwuŋu alsın — take it gladly
• seni awuzuŋu kim juwğan edi — watch your mouth
• seni betiŋden — for your sake
• seni janıŋ üçün — damn you
• seni jawuŋ da bizley bolsun — said in dread
• seni jawuŋa da allay qopsun — outrageous arrogance
• seyirden ölürge — be astonished
• sın bolurğa — stand motionless; freeze in bewilderment or fear; die
• sın qatarğa — stand at attention; glide in dance; spin fast; freeze up; pose motionless
• sın qatdırırğa — shame by scolding
• sın taş kibik süelirge — stand motionless
• sınjır salğança — one after another
• sırğalı ulaq kibik — flashy and deceptive
• sırın sanatırğa — expose someone's nature
• sırıyna tartırğa — whine and fuss
• sırtdan tanırğa — know from afar
• sırtı bla qaytırğa — die a bad death
• sırtı qaltırarğa — be terrified
• sırtın bururğa — ignore
• sırtın otha qızdırırğa — torture into confessing
• sırtına kötürürge — shoulder another's burden
• sırtına minerge — live off someone
• sırtına tük çığarğa — get some rest; get back on one's feet
• sırtından salırğa — outdo in learning; outwit, take in; leave speechless