aman tüşnü igige joralarğa

/aman tyʃny iɡiɡe dʒoralarʁa/

Literal translation

to read a bad dream as a good one

Intended meaning

To conceal how things really stand and make them out to be better than they are.
  • Sılıwhan a, bileklerin örge etib, süt maşinanı bura, aman tüşnü igige joralağanlay, duşman zulmuluqnu oğurluluq sundururğa küreşe edi.And Sylyukhan, sleeves rolled up, turning the milk separator, was trying — as one reads a bad dream as a good one — to pass the enemy's cruelty off as kindness.
  • «Uğay, kelmey qalay qalır?» – dep, Aymölek, aman tüşnü igige burğança etib küreşedi."No, how could he not come?" says Aymyolek, trying to put a good face on a bad business.

Variants

  • aman tüşnü igige buyururğa
  • aman tüşnü igige bururğa

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