suwdan çıqğan tawuqça
/suwdan tʃɯqʁan tawuqtʃa/
Idiom · Proverb or saying
Literal translation
like a chicken that has come out of the water
Intended meaning
Of a person: confused, at a loss and unnerved, and wretched or unkempt in appearance.
- Biz alanı tapsaq, alay-bılay eterek degen bazıqboyunla suwdan çıqğan tawuqlay bolğan edile.Those thick-necked braggarts who had said "if we find them we'll do this and that to them" ended up like chickens pulled out of the water.
- Allah ayıb etmesin ansı, suwdan çıqğan tawuqça, bıllayla da qatın alırğa küreşedile.May God not count it a fault to say it, but even such sorry specimens, like chickens out of the water, are trying to take a wife.
Variants
- suwdan çığarılğan tawuqça
- suwdan çıqğan çabaqça
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary