iyne topha boyalmazğa
/ijne topxa bojalmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to be dyed even to a needle's ball
Intended meaning
To obtain nothing at all; to come away without acquiring even the smallest item.
- Men bu tükenden iyne topha boyalmay turğanlı tamam jıl boldu.It has been a full year since I got anything at all out of this shop.
- Jaŋı tüken açılğanlı, iyne topha boyalmay qaldıq: tükençi bir zatnı da körgüztmeydi.Since the new shop opened we have got nothing at all: the shopkeeper shows us not a thing.
Variants
- iyne çaqlı birge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 223
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 108