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
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 515