soqur süygen – saw köz
/soqur syjɡen – saw køz/
Idiom · Proverb or saying · Formula
Literal translation
what the blind man wishes for – a sound eye
Intended meaning
Said when something offered or proposed is exactly what one had been wishing for anyway.
- Oŋuŋ bar ese, janım, Gül-töbe jaylıqğa keteyik! Soqur süygen – köz jarıq."If you have the chance, my dear, let us go off to the Gyul-Tyobe summer pasture!" Just what I was wishing for.
- Biybert, Umar menden haq izlemeydi deb, ullu terlemeydi, soqur süygen — saw köz!Biybert does not trouble himself much, reckoning that Umar asks no payment of him — just what he wanted!
Variants
- soqur süygen – köz jarıq
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary