qoldan qolğa bermezça
/qoldan qolʁa bermeztʃa/
Idiom
Literal translation
such that one would not pass it from hand to hand
Intended meaning
Said of something so valuable, meaningful and beautiful that one cannot bear to part with it.
- Meni sartın, bitew iynarların basmalasa, adam qoldan qolğa bermezça, ahşı jır kitap bolur edi.To my mind, if all of their iynars were printed, it would make a fine song book, one nobody could bear to part with.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary