şappanı alaşasıça

/ʃappanɯ alaʃasɯtʃa/

Literal translation

like Shappa's gelding

Said of someone who puts on a burst of speed at the end and passes the others after trailing them.

Ahmat, Şappanı alaşasıça, artda kele kelib, bilmey turğanlay alğa çığıb, sarjelerin sıydam qarda burub tohtatdı.Ahmat, like Shappa's gelding, came along at the back and then, before anyone noticed, pulled out in front and turned his skis to a stop on the smooth snow.

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