jumurtha içinde tük izlegen

/dʒumurtxa itʃinde tyk izleɡen/

Literal translation

looking for a hair inside an egg

Exceedingly particular and hard to satisfy; someone who keeps everything spotless and finds fault with the smallest flaw.

Aymölek tazalıqnı süygen, aŋa bek saq adamdı... Ol jumurtha içinde tük izlegen adamğa uşaydı.Aymyolek is someone who loves cleanliness and is very careful about it... They are like a person who looks for a hair inside an egg.
Malı jer üsün japhan bay Şırdan Agundanı tilegendi. Bolsa da jumurtha içinde tük izlegen aythılıq Agunda büsüremegendi.Rich Shyrdan, whose livestock covered the face of the earth, asked for Agunda's hand. But the famous Agunda, who looks for a hair inside an egg, was not pleased.

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