sunmay turğanlay
/sunmaj turʁanlaj/
Collocation
Literal translation
while not supposing
Intended meaning
All of a sudden, at a moment when no one is anticipating or watching for it — said of something that happens out of the blue.
- Sunmay turğanlay, ala [jolowçula] jol janında, say tabaqça, açıq özençikde çalğı çala turğan kişiçikni üsüne çıqdıla.Without expecting it, they [the travelers] came upon a little man mowing hay beside the road, in a small open hollow shallow as a dish.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary