çibinle balğa basınŋança
/tʃibinle balʁa basɯnŋantʃa/
Literal translation
as flies press onto honey
Intended meaning
Said of a place where a great many people have gathered, or of people crowding eagerly around someone.
- Aytekni atası bu tiyre anı ne sıfat bla, ne aqıl bla nasıbı tutmağan jaşını tögeregine çibinle balğa basınŋança basınırla degen umutlu bolub turdu.Aytek's father kept hoping that this whole neighbourhood would crowd around his son — a boy blessed with neither looks nor brains — the way flies press onto honey.
Variants
- çibinle balğa basınŋanlay
- çibinle balğa basınŋan kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 494