başı-ayağı körünmegen
/baʃɯ-ajaʁɯ kørynmeɡen/
Literal translation
whose head and foot are not visible
Intended meaning
So great in amount or extent that it has no apparent limit and never seems to come to an end; used of work, tasks, or other things that go on without end.
- Ala bilgen – mal kütgen, halı eşgen, ırıshı jıyarğa küreşgen, işlegen, işlegen, işlegen! Ol başı-ayağı körünmegen iş! Alanı duniyaları – başha, bizni duniyabız – başha, – dedi Mutay."All they knew was herding livestock, spinning yarn, striving to gather property, working, working, working! That was endless work! Their world is one thing, our world another," said Mutay.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 100