birin körseŋ, birin unutursa

/birin kørseŋ, birin unutursa/

Literal translation

if you see one, you will forget the other

Said of two or more people, especially young women, who are so good-looking that every one of them outshines the last.

Elde eki aythılıq qız bolğandıla: asırı ariwdan, birin körseŋ, birin unutursa.There were two famous girls in the village: so beautiful that if you saw one, you would forget the other.
Ma bu jol Moskvada da men nença ariw qız süydüm! Birin kör da, birsin unut! Bir qız a meni Kavkazğa ala barsaŋ a dep tilegen edi.This time in Moscow too, how many beautiful girls I fell in love with! See one and forget the next! And one girl begged me to take her along to the Caucasus.

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