eşekni qulağına qobuz soqğanlay

/eʃekni qulaʁɯna qobuz soqʁanlaj/

Literal translation

as if playing the qobuz into a donkey's ear

Said of an undertaking from which no benefit whatever will come, especially effort spent on someone incapable of appreciating it.

Alay bolluğun qız söz aythınçı oquna bile edim. Ne sağış etsem da, endi ol eşekni qulağına qobuz soqğanlay bolluğu açıq edi.I knew it would turn out that way even before the girl said a word. However much I thought it over, it was now clear that it would be like playing the qobuz into a donkey's ear.

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