ayağı – topal, başı – toqal

/ajaʁɯ – topal, baʃɯ – toqal/

Literal translation

his foot is lame, his head is hornless

Said of a person who is unfit for any work, incapable and useless at whatever is asked of them.

Ayağım – topal, başım – toqal, bosağanı biyik etib turmasam, zamanında arı atlab, neni da orunun tapdırıb qoyarıq edik.I am good for nothing — if the threshold were not so high for me, I would have stepped over there in time and put everything in its place.

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