jilyan kibik
/dʒiljan kibik/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
like a snake
Intended meaning
Tall, slim and good-looking, said of a person.
- Halal sütüm bla tileyme, qara halqğa halal jumuş etigiz. Jilyanla kibik, bıllay jaşlanı allarına kişi da ötmez, – dedi Mölehan.I ask you by my honest milk, do honest work for the common people. No one will get past lads like these, slender as snakes, – said Mölehan.
- Ayşanı jilyanla kibik eki qarındaşı joyuldu.Aysha's two brothers, handsome as snakes, perished.
Literal translation
like a snake
Intended meaning
Heartless and spiteful in character.
- Asırı oğursuzdan anı awuzu tüz da jilyan kibikdi, awuzu qururuq.Out of sheer malice his mouth is just like a snake's; may his mouth wither.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 201