kökden taş tüşse, jerge tüşmez
/køkden taʃ tyʃse, dʒerɡe tyʃmez/
Literal translation
if a stone fell from the sky, it would not reach the ground
Intended meaning
Said of a place so densely crowded that there is no free space left in it.
- Adamla asırı köpden, pravlen allında, burunŋulula aytıwçulay, kökden taş tüşse, adam başına tiymey, jerge tüşmez derçadı.There were so many people that in front of the board office, as the old folk used to say, you could say that if a stone fell from the sky it would not reach the ground without striking someone's head.
- Klubha adamla köp jıyılğandıla: kökden taş tüşse, jerge tüşmez.A great many people gathered at the club: if a stone fell from the sky, it would not reach the ground.
Variants
- kökden taş tüşse, jerge tierik tüyüldü
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 261
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 128