eçki başlı, sıyır ayaqlı
/etʃki baʃlɯ, sɯjɯr ajaqlɯ/
Literal translation
goat-headed, cow-footed
Intended meaning
Every single person, with nobody left out.
- Elde eçki başlı, sıyır ayaqlı da – barı da biçenŋe çıqğandıla.In the village goat-headed and cow-footed alike – every last one of them went out to the haymaking.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 525
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 250