bir biri betine qaray

/bir biri betine qaraj/

This expression has 3 meanings.

Literal translation

looking into one another's face

To live side by side in neighborly friendship, in close and trusting company with one another.

Bir gırjınnı eki teŋ etib aşağanbız, bir biri betibizge qaray kelgenbiz...We have shared one loaf split in two, we have lived looking into one another's faces...

looking into one another's face

To sit down at one table together to eat and drink.

Ol sebepden, bılay jıyılıb, bir biri betibizge bir qarar edik dey edim, – dedi Tompur.That is why I was thinking we might gather like this and sit at one table together, said Tompur.

looking into one another's face

To live together as a single household.

Teyri köredi: bügünden arı biz, bir biri közübüzge qarab jaşaw etallıq tüyülbüz! – dedi Sarı.God sees it: from today on we will not be able to go on living together as one family! said Sary.

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