kiyik oça kibik
/kijik otʃa kibik/
Idiom
Literal translation
like a wild animal's оча
Intended meaning
Extremely small in quantity or size; a mere scrap of something.
- Bu ne gitçe zatçıqdı, kiyik oça kibik, – dedi Hamzat, qızı keltirgen darmannı ala."What a tiny little thing this is, like a кийик оча," said Hamzat, taking the medicine their daughter had brought.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary