ayağı bashannı közü körmezge

/ajaʁɯ basxannɯ køzy kørmezɡe/

This expression has 4 meanings.

Literal translation

for one's eye not to see what one's foot steps on

To move at great speed, rushing along without paying attention to anything around one.

Jaşla, sawutlarına asırı quwanŋandan, ayaqları bashannı közleri körmey, örge aylandıla.The young men, overjoyed at their weapons, turned uphill without seeing where their feet were stepping.

for one's eye not to see what one's foot steps on

To carry out a task under compulsion, against one's own wishes.

for one's eye not to see what one's foot steps on

To be so distressed or enraged that one no longer knows what one is doing.

Anı [Baraqnı] El Sovetge çaqıra. Ol arı baradı. Qanı qızğandan, ayağı bashannı közü körmeydi.They summon him [Baraq] to the village Soviet. He goes there. His blood is up, and he is beside himself.

for one's eye not to see what one's foot steps on

To be so embarrassed that one becomes flustered and loses composure.

Aminat ışara, Sakinat, uyalğandan ayağı bashan jerni közü körmey, allıbızğa keldile.Aminat smiling, and Sakinat so abashed she did not see where she was stepping, they came up to us.

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