harbız içinden qumuqlu çıqğanlay
/xarbɯz itʃinden qumuqlu tʃɯqʁanlaj/
Literal translation
like a Kumyk coming out from inside a watermelon
Intended meaning
Said of someone who turns up suddenly and unannounced, when nobody knew of it or was expecting them.
- Janibek harip, seni tirmen suw alıb ketgendi dey edile da, qaydan çıqdıŋ, harbızdan qumuqlu çıqğanlay?Poor Djanibek, they were saying the water had carried off your mill — so where did you spring from, like a Kumyk out of a watermelon?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 485