eki közü bolurğa
/eki køzy bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's two eyes to be (on something)
Intended meaning
To keep one's gaze on someone or something without looking away; to have all one's attention taken up by it.
- Kitapnı oqurğa kölü barmay, eki közü anasındadı jaşçıqnı.The boy has no wish to read the book; his two eyes are on his mother.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 511