el basar jer

/el basar dʒer/

Literal translation

a spot a village would tread on

Intended meaning

The tiniest scrap or patch of something — used with a negation to say there is none at all.
  • Neni da qoy da, bılay üyüŋü içine bir qaraçı: tört üyüŋde da küyüzden el basar jeriŋ joqdu, Sapiyat, – dedi Jandet."Never mind anything else, just take a look inside your house: in all four of your rooms you haven't so much as a foot's worth of carpet, Sapiyat," said Jandet.

Variants

  • barmaq basar jer

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