burunundan çüçgürüb tüşgença uşarğa
/burunundan tʃytʃɡyryb tyʃɡentʃa uʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to resemble as though one had been sneezed out of the other's nose
Intended meaning
To resemble someone so closely as to be indistinguishable from them.
- Bu Aminatçıq bolurmu? Şaşmay seni burunuŋdan tüşgença, bıllay uşağan kim körgendi?Could this be little Aminat? Who has ever seen such a likeness — the very image of you, as if she had fallen out of your nose?
Variants
- burunundan çüçgürüb tüşgen kibik uşarğa
- burunundan çüçgürüb tüşgenley uşarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 149