çepken soqğança jürürge
/tʃepken soqʁantʃa dʒyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to go about as if weaving homespun cloth
Intended meaning
To move back and forth constantly, without stopping or settling.
- Alanı kimi uruşha iyigiz dep, tilek qağıt alıb keledi, kimi uruşha kete aylanadı, kimi anı aşıradı, – qısha sözü, adamla, çepken soqğança, arı-beri aylanadıla.One of them comes with a written petition asking to be sent to the war, another is about to leave for the war, another is seeing him off — in a word, the people are going to and fro like weaving homespun cloth.
- Elni adamları guzabadıla. Başha bolmayın, çepken soqğan kibik.The people of the village are in a commotion. Nothing else for it — just like weaving homespun cloth.
Variants
- çepken soqğanlay jürürge
- çepken soqğan kibik jürürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 493