ayaq tübünde çöb sınmazğa

/ajaq tybynde tʃøb sɯnmazʁa/

This expression has 3 meanings.

Literal translation

for a straw not to break under one's foot

To go about quickly and lightly; to hurry, to run.

Ol qart da, ayaq tübünde çöb sınmay, barıb, baytalnı teşib, qabaq eşikden içine kirib ketdi.And that old man, quick as anything, went and untied the mare and passed in through the gate.

for a straw not to break under one's foot

To be full of joy; to be elated and light with delight.

Birinçi kere aqsaqalla bla birge şaharğa jolowçu bolluğuma asırı quwanŋandan, ayaq tübümde çöb sınmay aylanama.So overjoyed that for the first time I would travel to town together with the elders, I go about walking on air.
Jaşlanı közleri jarıydı, quwanŋandan ayaq tüplerinde çöb sınmaydı.The young men's eyes light up; out of joy they are walking on air.

for a straw not to break under one's foot

To carry out a task without delay, briskly and at once.

Elde kiri bolğan adam ölse, Mustafa, anı qayğı sözü tınŋınçı, ayağını tübünde çöb sınmay, ölük çıqğan üynü bla efendini üyünü arasında jol salğanlay turadı.When someone with kin in the village dies, Mustafa, until the mourning is over, without a moment's delay keeps going back and forth between the house of the deceased and the efendi's house.

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