belin kötürmey işlerge
/belin køtyrmej iʃlerɡe/
Literal translation
to work without lifting one's back
Intended meaning
To labour without pause or rest, absorbed in the work from start to finish.
- Şapala da hıbıl bolğandıla. Kün uzunu ala bellerin kötürmey küreşedile.The servants too were run ragged. All day long they toiled without straightening their backs.
- Miŋle bla adamla, anı [Bekbolatnı] baylığın bütün kereler üçün, keçe-kün bellerin tüzetmey işlerge kerekdile.Thousands of people had to work night and day without straightening their backs so that his [Bekbolat's] wealth would grow still greater.
Variants
- belin tüzetmey işlerge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 115