köçü bolmasa, suwnu jolun kişi bilmeydi

/køtʃy bolmasa, suwnu dʒolun kiʃi bilmejdi/

Literal translation

if there is no Köchü, nobody knows the way to the water

To win someone over with flattering words so that they do one's bidding, especially so that a heavy or unwanted task is shifted onto them.

Köçü bolmasa, suwnu jolun kişi bilmeydi dep, dayım bir adamğa işni awurluğun jüklep turğan ayıpdı.It is shameful to keep loading the weight of the work onto one and the same person, saying "if there is no Köchü, nobody knows the way to the water."

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