başdan ayaqğa
/baʃdan ajaqʁa/
Literal translation
from head to foot
Intended meaning
Completely and in full, covering the whole of something from its beginning to its end — used of telling, examining, or listening to something.
- Ol keziwde polknu komandiri podpolkovnik Zaharov rotalanı turğan jerlerin başdan ayaq tintib qaradı.At that time the regiment's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Zakharov, inspected the companies' quarters from top to bottom.
- Ellen Pelageyağa asırı jüregi tartıb ışanŋandan, egeçinden, ahlularından, adamlanı barından da buqdurub aylanŋan jaşırın işin tuwra etdi, haparın başdan ayaqğa deri aytdı.Ellen, out of the deep trust her heart gave Pelageya, revealed the secret matter she had been hiding from her sister, her relatives and everyone else, and told the story from beginning to end.
Variants
- başdan ayaqğa deri
- başdan ayaq
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 98