iyneni iynek etgen

/ijneni ijnek etɡen/

Literal translation

who made a cow out of a needle

Said of a person who is expert with their hands, inventive and hard-working, able to make a great deal out of very little.

İgi qatın iyneni iynek eter dep, üynü tebrendire bolmazsa. Qoluŋda jürügen zatlarıŋ da alayğa uşaydı.Surely you are not turning the household upside down on the idea that a good wife will make a cow out of a needle. The things that pass through your own hands look much the same.
Sarbiyni ullu jaşı iyneni iynek etgen adamdı.Sarbiy's eldest son is a man who can make a cow out of a needle.

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