başı-ayağı da

/baʃɯ-ajaʁɯ da/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

its head and its foot too

Used when stating the smallest possible amount or the lowest estimate of something.

Ho bir da, başı-ayağı da miŋ som bla beş jüz somçuq turadı.[Kalakbiy:] Well, all right, at the very least it comes to a thousand rubles and five hundred more.

its head and its foot too

Used when taking something in its entirety, with everything it amounts to.

Ayıb bolub, anı allay bir ne sunasa? Başı-ayağı da gıbışı tüyülmüdü?What do you take it for, as if it were such a disgrace? Taken all together, isn't it just a trifle?

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