jawum da eşitmesin
/dʒawum da eʃitmesin/
Literal translation
let even the rain not hear it
Intended meaning
Said of bitter, grievous words that ought never to reach anyone's ears at all.
- Bılayda qobuz bütün da bek jüreksindi, açıdı, endi jete kelgen sabiyleni buşuwlu qadarları titiretib. Aŋa [qobuzğa] aytılğan dawlanı jawum da eşitmesin.Here the accordion grieves all the more, it aches, set trembling by the sorrowful fates of the children now growing up. Let not even the rain hear the laments voiced to it [the accordion].
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 189