uzun söznü qıshası
/uzun søzny qɯsxasɯ/
Formula
Literal translation
the short of the long word
Intended meaning
Used to introduce a brief summing-up of what has been said: to put it briefly, in the end, the gist of it is.
- Da, uzun söznü qıshası, allay zakiyligi üçün, men Biynögerge aqılımı şart aytıb qoydum.Well, to cut a long story short, because of such genius of his, I told Biynöger plainly what I thought.
- Uzun söznü qıshası, orus halqğa tayanŋınçı, bizni halqıbız körgen qıyınlıqnı aytıb boşarğa qayda…To cut a long story short, there is no telling to the end the hardship our people saw before they came to lean on the Russian people…
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 476
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 162