közü keŋŋe keterge
/køzy keŋŋe keterɡe/
Literal translation
for one's eye to go into the wide
Intended meaning
To look off far away, one's attention drifting from what is close at hand.
- Tebo hunada qajığan taşnı orununa tüşürdü, Lyapşu, közü keŋŋe ketgenin horlap, Teboğa bir zat aytırğa başladı...Tebo put the stone that had worked loose in the wall back in its place; Lyapshu, mastering the way his gaze had drifted off into the distance, began to say something to Tebo...
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 254