köz jaş kibik
/køz dʒaʃ kibik/
Literal translation
like a tear
Intended meaning
Perfectly clear, clean and unpolluted — said of water.
- Başı küzgüça sıppa-sıydamdı, teren, bek terendi. Tübünde taşları oquna körünedile. Alay tazadı, köz jaşça dep andan aytadıla.Its surface is smooth as a mirror, deep, very deep. Even the stones at the bottom can be seen. It is so clear — that is why they say 'like a tear'.
Variants
- köz jaşça
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 244