allında ölüsü bolğannı küldürür

/allɯnda ølysy bolʁannɯ kyldyryr/

Literal translation

he would make the one whose corpse lies before him laugh

Said of an extremely funny, joke-loving person who can amuse anyone, however grief-stricken.

Ant eteyim, ol [Kolya] allında ölüsü bolğannı küldürür.I swear it — he [Kolya] could make even a man with his own dead lying before him laugh.

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