bu meni bolsun dep
/bu meni bolsun dep/
Literal translation
saying "let this be mine"
Intended meaning
So good and excellent as to make anyone who sees it envious.
- Anı [Gergoqanı] aqılına köre, bizni zamanda bu meni bolsun dep bir qız joq edi.In their [Gergoqa's] opinion, in our day there was not a single girl of whom you would say, "let this one be mine."
- Bılay qarasaŋ, jüz adamnı içinde ayırıp, köz jetdirirça, köz qamatırça, bu meni bolsa edi dep suqlanırça kiyinŋen ne jaş, ne qız joqdu.Look around and there is neither a young man nor a girl dressed so as to stand out among a hundred people, to draw the eye, to dazzle it, to make you covet them and say, "if only this one were mine."
Variants
- bu meni bolsun derça
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 145