kökden tamıçı tammazğa
/køkden tamɯtʃɯ tammazʁa/
Literal translation
for not a drop to drip from the sky
Intended meaning
For no rain whatsoever to fall, so that a drought takes hold.
- Bolğan quwurulub qaladı, jawun a joqdu. Kökden tamıçı tammay turğanlı igi kesek zaman boladı.Everything is scorched dry, and there is no rain. It has been a good while now since a drop last fell from the sky.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 261