adam suw orununa içerça
/adam suw orununa itʃertʃa/
Literal translation
such that a person could drink [it] in place of water
Intended meaning
Extraordinarily good-looking and appealing; beautiful beyond measure.
- Qız [Batay] kerti çıraylı, şemşer qaşıq kibik, bek ariw qız edi. Adam suw orununa içerça, aythılıq qız.The girl [Batay] was truly comely, like a boxwood spoon, a very beautiful girl. A renowned girl, lovely enough for a person to drink her in place of water.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 21