eki erini bir birine jetmezge
/eki erini bir birine dʒetmezɡe/
Literal translation
for one's two lips not to reach one another
Intended meaning
To be unable to stop smiling out of happiness; to grin broadly with delight.
- Ol [İnal] quwançlıdı. Jıyılğan halqğa qarap, eki erini birge jetmey ışardı.He [Inal] is full of joy. Looking at the gathered people, he smiled so broadly that his two lips would not come together.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 513