qozulu qoy kibik
/qozulu qoj kibik/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
like a ewe with a lamb
Intended meaning
Said of people moving along one directly behind another, strung out in a line.
- Qozulu qoyla kibik, bıla nek tizilgendile?Why have these people lined up one behind the other like ewes with their lambs?
Idiom
Literal translation
like a ewe with a lamb
Intended meaning
With shouting and uproar; of a crowd pressing forward noisily.
- Oram sibiriwçü, iynek buzowun jalağança, taş oramlanı şırt-şırt ete, sibirib tebirerik edi, ızı bla halq, qozulu qoylaça, tögüllük edile eşikge.The street sweeper would set to sweeping, scraping the stone streets shirt-shirt like a cow licking her calf, and behind her the crowd would pour out into the street with a noisy clamor.
Variants
- qozulu qoyça
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary