qoydan juwaş bolurğa

/qojdan dʒuwaʃ bolurʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

to be meeker than a sheep

To behave quietly and inoffensively, keeping one's boldness or ill temper out of sight.

«Bılayda meni orunuma ol [Qantemir] bolsa, meniça köb tözmez edi! Men a, kerti da, qoydan juwaş bolub, esirik sandırawlarığızğa tıŋılab turama...» – dedi İman."If he [Kantemir] were in my place here, he would not have endured as long as I have! But I, truly, meek as a sheep, sit listening to your drunken ramblings..." said Iman.

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