közü-qaşımı kereklidi
/køzy-qaʃɯmɯ kereklidi/
Literal translation
is it their eyes and brows that are wanting?
Intended meaning
Said of a person who has no fault, blemish or shortcoming and is in no way inferior to anyone else.
- Qaraçı ol uzun kirpiklege. Ne ua anı talğır közleri! Közü-qaşımı kereklidi? Sıfatı biraz qarayım derçadı.Just look at those long eyelashes. And those speckled eyes of hers! Is there anything at all wanting in her? Her face is one you would gladly gaze at a while.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 255