iyne burunu bla kör qazğan kibik
/ijne burunu bla kør qazʁan kibik/
Literal translation
like digging a grave with the point of a needle
Intended meaning
Said of a job that is unspeakably hard and drags on endlessly.
- At orunnu janında Biymırza teren uruçuq qazdırdı. Taşlı jerde allay uru qazğan iyne burunu bla kör qazğan kibik edi.Beside the horse's stall Biymyrza had a deep little pit dug. Digging such a pit in stony ground was like digging a grave with the point of a needle.
Variants
- iyne bla kör qazğan kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 223