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

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