közü jeterge
/køzy dʒeterɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
for one's eye to reach
Intended meaning
To turn one's gaze and attention to someone or something; to notice them.
- Qıyamıtnı közü bir mırtazaqğa jetdi.Kyyamyt's eye fell on a guard.
- Bu tiyrede közüm jetgen qareldi bolub, jüregimi halın, bolumumu sezmegen bir zat da joqdu.In these parts there is not one shadow my eye falls on that fails to sense the state of my heart, my condition.
Literal translation
for one's eye to reach
Intended meaning
To manage to find the time or opportunity to attend to something.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 253