eşek buzğa tirelgenley

/eʃek buzʁa tirelɡenlej/

Literal translation

like a donkey braced against the ice

Intended meaning

Said of someone who balks at something and refuses outright, digging in and not to be moved.
  • Ol sıntıçı kelinçikni baqğan zamanımda, ol da, al burub, ho dep, iş bu halğa jetgeninde, eşek buzğa tirelgença, tirelib tohtağan edi.When I was tending that young woman from Synty, she too — at first turning away, then saying yes — when the matter came to this pass, stopped dead like a donkey braced against the ice.

Variants

  • eşek buzğa tirelgença
  • eşek buzğa tirelgen kibik

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