ayağı jetmegen jer joqdu
/ajaʁɯ dʒetmeɡen dʒer dʒoqdu/
Literal translation
there is no place his foot has not reached
Intended meaning
Said of someone who has been everywhere: there is nowhere he has not gone, set foot in, or seen.
- Meni ayağım jetmegen jer joqdu Turğan elimi içinde.There is no spot in the village I live in that my foot has not reached.
- Tawda anı [Şahmırzalanı Saidni] ayağı jetmegen ne üy, ne el qalmağandı.In the mountains there was not a house or a village left that his [Said Shakhmyrzaev's] foot had not reached.
Variants
- ayağı tiymegen jer joqdu
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 80