aytmay qoy

/ajtmaj qoj/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

don't even say it

Used to say that something exists in an enormous quantity, beyond counting.

Uwaq-tüek uruçulanı ua aytmay oquna qoy! Qayğı azmıdı?!And as for petty thieves — there is no end of them! Is there any shortage of trouble?!

don't even say it

Used to set something aside as too obvious or too plentiful to bother enumerating: let alone that, never mind that.

Eki iynegibiz, toğuz-on qoyubuz bardı. Ne ullu qonaq kelse da, ayıpsız aşırallıqbız. Terekleribizni ua aytmay qoy!We have two cows and nine or ten sheep. However great a guest comes, we can see him off without shame. And as for our trees — not to mention them!

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