beş başı bla atlarğa
/beʃ baʃɯ bla atlarʁa/
Literal translation
to stride with five heads
Intended meaning
To be far more capable and hard-working than another person, outdoing them by a wide margin at a task.
- Osman Mahtini çalğı çalıwda beş başı bla atlaydı."Osman outstrips Makhti five times over at mowing."
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 123
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 51