bir tilli joqdu
/bir tilli dʒoqdu/
Literal translation
there is not one tongue
Intended meaning
There is not a single person; nobody at all.
- Ma bu eliya barıb, elge tarığıb, bizni bayam etgendi, elde bu haparnı bilmegen bir tilli qalmağandı.This lightning went and complained to the village, exposing us; there was not a soul left in the village who did not know this news.
Variants
- bir tilli qalmağandı
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 134