birden eki bolmazğa

/birden eki bolmazʁa/

Literal translation

not to become two from one

Intended meaning

To hold firmly to what one has said and not back away from it in the least.
  • Sen, Azret, er kişise, saŋa eki ülüş tiyişlidi, – dedi. Men çarlağan da etdim, alay a birden eki bolmadı."You, Azret, are a grown man, two shares are due to you," he said. I even lost my temper, but he would not budge from his word.
  • Ne etib küreşsem da, men tüzme dep turğan bolmasa, anı birden eki etalmay edile.However hard I tried, he kept insisting that he was right, and they could not make him go back on his word.

Variants

  • birden eki etalmazğa
  • birden eki etdiralmazğa

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