gonaynı qoyanıça
/ɡonajnɯ qojanɯtʃa/
Literal translation
like Gonay's hare
Intended meaning
Timidly and nervously, darting looks in every direction.
- Mahmut unamadı: «Keç bolğandı, üyge barayıq», – dedi. Gonaynı qoyanıça, eki közün jandırıb, üyüŋe quru kirib barlıq tüyüldü.Mahmut would not agree: "It has got late, let us go home," he said. He is not going to walk into your house just like that, eyes flashing, glancing about like Gonay's hare.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 152