başın qaşırğa zaman tapmazğa
/baʃɯn qaʃɯrʁa zaman tapmazʁa/
Literal translation
to find no time to scratch one's head
Intended meaning
To have absolutely no free time at all; to be completely overwhelmed with work.
- Asırı köb işibiz bolğandan, başıbıznı qaşırğa da zaman tapmaybız.We have so much work that we cannot even find time to scratch our heads.
- Men jaşlarım bla birge on jıl jalçıda turğanma. Asırı işlegenden, başımı qaşırğa da zamanım bolmağandı, – dedi Gonday."I spent ten years as a hired hand together with my sons. I worked so hard that I had no time even to scratch my head," said Gonday.
Variants
- başın qaşırğa zamanı bolmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 107