joqnu orunundadı
/dʒoqnu orunundadɯ/
Literal translation
is in the place of the non-existent
Intended meaning
Said of an amount so small that it may as well not exist at all; negligible.
- Ulutha alıw da joqnu orunundadı.Taking bribes too amounts to next to nothing.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 202