dop-dop eterge
/dop-dop eterɡe/
Literal translation
to go "dop-dop"
Intended meaning
To talk far more than is needed; to chatter idly about nothing of substance.
- Dop-dop ete turasa sen alay, – dep, Sufiyan, ot jağanı qatından ketib, tapçanŋa barıb olturdu."There you go prattling away like that," said Sufiyan, and he moved away from the hearth, went over to the bench and sat down.
- Fedya, sen tawlulanı bla tawlanı üsünden boş top-top etese.Fedya, you are just prattling on for nothing about the mountain folk and the mountains.
Variants
- top-top eterge
- gop-gop eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 156
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 63