çıpçıq sütünden sora anda bolmağan joqdu
/tʃɯptʃɯq sytynden sora anda bolmaʁan dʒoqdu/
Literal translation
apart from bird's milk there is nothing he does not have
Intended meaning
Said of someone who is boundlessly wealthy and wants for nothing.
- Körmeymise, seni çaqlı bir oqumağanlanı qalay jaşağanların? Üylerinde çıpçıq sütünden sora bolmağan joqdu.Don't you see how people no better schooled than you live? In their houses there is nothing lacking but bird's milk.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 497