beçew ögüz
/betʃew øɡyz/
Literal translation
paired ox
Intended meaning
A team of oxen harnessed together to a single yoke and worked as one unit.
- Arqasında da beçew ögüz tartalmaz jügü bla Tawbiy örge tebiredi...And with a load on his back that a yoked pair of oxen could not pull, Taubiy set off upward...
- Jügüŋ awurda, peliwan ögüzleni beçew etib salğandan aqıl, amal köb da oŋludu.When your load is heavy, wit and resourcefulness are worth far more than harnessing mighty oxen together in a yoked team.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 123