tartıb temir üzgen
/tartɯb temir yzɡen/
Idiom
Literal translation
one who has snapped iron by pulling it
Intended meaning
Physically powerful and valiant; a person of great strength who can accomplish whatever is asked of them.
- Qızlanı anaları: – Da, jaşlarım, meni qızlarım kimi soqur, kimi saŋıraw, kimi da çolaqdı. Ala sizni kibik tartıb temir üzgen jaşlağa tiyişli tüyüldüle, – dep, jaşlanı japsarıb söleşdi.The girls' mother spoke, consoling the young men: "Well, my boys, one of my daughters is blind, one is deaf, and one has a crippled arm. They are not worthy of lads like you, who could pull iron apart."
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary