aydan-jıldan bir
/ajdan-dʒɯldan bir/
Literal translation
one out of a month, out of a year
Intended meaning
Very seldom; only at long, irregular intervals.
- Sen aydan-jıldan bir kelese da, ol gazetiŋi tağasa da ketese. Bizni ua jaşawubuz bılaydı, – dedi Tawjan."You come by once in a blue moon, hang up that newspaper of yours and leave. And this is what our life is like," said Tauzhan.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 25