eki közün almazğa
/eki køzyn almazʁa/
Literal translation
not to take one's two eyes (away)
Intended meaning
To keep one's gaze on someone or something continuously, without looking away.
- Quşjeter keçegi şkolğa kirib oquydu... Sora boş keziwünde ua eki közün kitapdan beri almaydı deydile.Kushdzheter has enrolled in the night school and studies there... And in his free time, they say, he never lifts his eyes from his book.
- İslam şuyohuna juwap qaytarmadı. Anı bitew esi atlılada edi. Ol aladan eki közün ayırmay qaray edi.Islam gave his friend no answer. His whole attention was on the riders. He watched them without taking his eyes off them.
Variants
- eki közün ayırmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 511