köz açdırmazğa

/køz atʃdɯrmazʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to not let (someone) open an eye

Intended meaning

Of rain, wind, snow and the like: to give one no chance to go outside or get any work done.
  • Qar qatış buzlağan topuraq tugullanı başından jawğanları köz açdırmay tunçuqduradıla.The snow-mixed frozen clods of earth raining down from above smother you, giving no chance to open your eyes.
  • Saw ıyıqdan beri boran közübüznü açdırmaydı, palatkalanı awduradı, işçile boran tübündedile derse.For a whole week now the blizzard has given us no chance to open our eyes, it knocks the tents down; you would say the workers are buried under the storm.

Literal translation

to not let (someone) open an eye

Intended meaning

Said of something done so fast and so repeatedly that a person is given no moment to catch their breath.
  • Teŋleri Mazannı tögereginden alıb, tansıqlap, köp söleşedile, duniya bla bir zatdan soradıla. Burunŋulula neni üsünden ese da aythanlay, köz açdırmay soradıla.His friends gather around Mazan, greet him warmly, talk at length and ask him about a world of things. Like the old folk recounting something or other, they ask without giving him a moment to breathe.

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