awuzuna quwut alğança
/awuzuna quwut alʁantʃa/
Literal translation
as if having taken roasted-grain flour into one's mouth
Intended meaning
Saying nothing at all; keeping completely quiet instead of speaking up.
- Aminat bla Harun a, awuzlarına quwut alğança, söleşmey igi kesek turdula.Aminat and Harun, as if they had taken roasted flour into their mouths, sat a good while without speaking.
- Awuzlarında quwutları bolğan kibik, Temmot bla Hanifa bir birlerine bir sözçük da aytalmadıla.As if they had roasted flour in their mouths, Temmot and Hanifa could not say a single word to each other.
Variants
- awuzunda suwu bolğança
- awuzunda quwutu bolğan kibik
- awuzuna quwut qaphança
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 70