biçaqğa küçden jeterge
/bitʃaqʁa kytʃden dʒeterɡe/
Literal translation
to barely reach the knife
Intended meaning
Said of a beast that is killed only at the last possible moment, so close to dying on its own that a moment more would have left the carcass unlawful to eat.
- Ollahiy, tananı biçaqğa küçden jetdirdik.By God, we barely got the calf to the knife in time.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 138