jeti juqlap, esinde bolmazğa
/dʒeti dʒuqlap, esinde bolmazʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
having slept seven times, not to be in one's mind
Intended meaning
To have no inkling or expectation whatever that something is the case; for a thought never to occur to one and never to be hoped for.
- Aythanı kibik, Mazanları alğaraq jetib, körünŋen uğay da, denikinçileni jeti juqlap, eslerinde bolmay turğanlay, jer bla kelmey, kökden tüşgença, üslerine sekirib, qımsız etib qoydula.Just as had been said, the Mazans got there a bit earlier and, without even being seen, while the Denikinites had not the faintest thought of them, came not by land but as if dropping out of the sky, fell upon them and threw them into confusion.
- A qız, Sapiyat, Bazarbiy endi içgini qoyğandı dey edile da? – Ow, ol qoylay soyulsun oğese... qoyğan jeti juqlap aqılında da joqdu, – dedi Sapiyat."Say, girl, Sapiyat, weren't they saying that Bazarbiy has given up drink now?" – "Oh, may they be slaughtered like a sheep instead... giving it up has not once crossed their mind in seven sleeps," said Sapiyat.
Literal translation
having slept seven times, not to be in one's mind
Intended meaning
For something to befall a person that they were in no way waiting for or reckoning on.
- Alıqa bıllay işge joluğuruqbuz dep, jeti juqlap, tüşübüzde da joq edi, – dedi Abusalam."Until now it was not even in our dreams, not in seven sleeps, that we would run into such a business," said Abusalam.
Variants
- jeti juqlap, aqılında bolmazğa
- jeti juqlap, tüşünde bolmazğa
- jeti juqlap, esinde joqdu
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 198