altı qıŋır bolub

/altɯ qɯŋɯr bolub/

Literal translation

becoming six-crooked

Ceaselessly and doggedly, to the point of exhaustion — used of labour done without let-up or rest.

«Bu jaşaw seyirlikdi: birew altı qıŋır bolub, başın kötürmey işlese da, küçden jaşaydı, birsi ua, bir kün da qıynalmay, süt başında kömükça jaşaydı», – dep sağış etedi Üsüb."This life is a strange thing: one man works himself ragged, never lifting his head, and still barely gets by, while another, without a single hard day, lives like the cream on top of the milk," thought Yusup.

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