şaytanla bismillyadan qaçhanlay
/ʃajtanla bismilljadan qatʃxanlaj/
Literal translation
as devils flee from the bismillah
Intended meaning
To refuse by every possible means to take on a task, dodging it however one can.
- Qız sabiylege fizkulturanı derslerine barığız deseŋ, şaytanla bismillyadan qaçhanlay boladıla.If you tell the girls to go to their physical education lessons, they shy away like devils fleeing the bismillah.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 501