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

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