qaranı aqdan ayırmağan
/qaranɯ aqdan ajɯrmaʁan/
Idiom
Literal translation
not distinguishing the black from the white
Intended meaning
Lacking sense or understanding; unable to make the simplest distinctions.
- Endi ol qaranı aqdan ayıralmağan jarlı qart ne etsin?And now what is that poor old man to do, who cannot tell black from white?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 304