şaytanla çolpuğa basınŋanlay
/ʃajtanla tʃolpuʁa basɯnŋanlaj/
Literal translation
as the devils crowded onto the ladle
Intended meaning
Said when a crowd of people swarms around something yet none of them is any use to the work.
- Kitap tüken kelgende elge, sabiyle, şaytanla çolpuğa basınŋanlay, tögereginden alıb, qızıw satıw etdile.When the book van came to the village, the children swarmed all around it like devils crowding onto a ladle, and brisk trading went on.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 501