çawka olturğan kibik

/tʃawka olturʁan kibik/

Literal translation

like jackdaws settled down

Intended meaning

In very great numbers, packed close together over an area.
  • Alayğa jıyılğan halqğa qarasaŋ, qara çawka olturğança, jerni başın qaraltıb edile.If you looked at the people gathered there, they had darkened the face of the earth, like black jackdaws settled down.
  • Jalpaqğa çawka olturğan kibik edi.The flat was as if jackdaws had settled on it — packed with people.

Variants

  • çawka olturğança

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