üçge deri tepsi ayaq

/ytʃɡe deri tepsi ajaq/

Literal translation

up to three — the table bowl

Anything done three times over is taken as finished and decided; three tries are what it takes to settle a matter.

Haramlıqğa qarawçu, köp söleşmey, horlağanŋa sanadı da, üçünçü kere tutuşdurdu [jaşlanı]. – «Üçge deri – tepsi ayaq», – dedile, üçünçüde kim jıqsa da, aperimlik andadı.The one watching for foul play, without much talk, counted him the winner and set [the lads] to wrestle a third time. "Up to three — the table bowl," they said; whoever throws his man on the third round, the praise is his.

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