eçkiçi çurum

/etʃkitʃi tʃurum/

Literal translation

goatherd's pretext

Intended meaning

A groundless pretext put forward only to give people something to argue or gossip about.
  • İşçi nögerime zamanında kele tur dep, ayta-ayta ketib, eçki çurumlarından erigib, tohtap qalğanma.I kept telling my workmate over and over to come on time, and having grown weary of his goatherd's excuses, I gave it up.

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