eki ayağın jayıb
/eki ajaʁɯn dʒajɯb/
Literal translation
spreading both one's legs
Intended meaning
Exerting every bit of one's strength at a task, sparing no effort.
- At tartalmağan tikde Hıysa, eki ayağın jayıb, arbanı küçünden kelgeniça türtürge küreşdi.On the rise where the horse could not pull, Khyysa, planting both feet wide, struggled to push the cart with all the strength he had.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 509