çıpçıq ötmegen
/tʃɯptʃɯq øtmeɡen/
Literal translation
that a sparrow cannot get through
Intended meaning
Extremely high and steep terrain that is all but impossible to cross or climb.
- Seit bla Gennadiy Qara qayanı kün bathan taba janından çıpçıq ötmegen buzlu tawlanı üsü bla ketib baradıla.Seit and Gennadiy are making their way along the western side of Kara-Kaya, over icy mountains no sparrow could get through.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 497