bek ıranda kırdık

/bek ɯranda kɯrdɯk/

Literal translation

grass on a sheer cliff ledge

Intended meaning

Something extremely precious that cannot be obtained.
  • Kesiniki – bek ıranda kırdık, seniki ua kazönna bolur, – dewçü edi anam, brigadir sabiyleni, ayamay, mamuq bahçağa sürgende.“His own is grass on a sheer ledge, but yours must be state property,” my mother used to say, when the brigade leader drove the children relentlessly into the cotton field.

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