jeŋil ayaqlı bolurğa
/dʒeŋil ajaqlɯ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become light-footed
Intended meaning
To go quickly, running or hurrying so as to get ahead of someone or arrive first.
- İliyas, ollahiy, jeŋil ayaqlı boldula...Ilyas, by God, they were quick on their feet...
- Alibek andan jeŋil ayaqlı bolub, ızına buruldu.Alibek, quicker on his feet than him, turned back.
Variants
- ayaqlı bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 193
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 98