köz qaqmazğa

/køz qaqmazʁa/

This expression has 3 meanings.

Literal translation

not to blink an eye

To show no fear; to face something steadily and boldly.

«Bizni askeribiz ma bıllay adamladıla», – dep, sol qolun gürüldep jana turğan otha suğub, Lutsiy Stsevola jerinden tepmey, közün qaqmay, süelib turğandı.Saying "Our soldiers are men like this," Lucius Scaevola thrust his left hand into the roaring fire and stood there without moving from his place, without blinking an eye.
Qaraşaway sıbızğını tartıp tebirese, adamla köz qaqmay qarağandıla, solumay tıŋılağandıla.When Qarashauay began to play the pipe, the people watched without blinking an eye and listened without breathing.

not to blink an eye

To do something at once and decisively, without wavering.

Qalğan teŋlerimi qallay sağışları bolğanın bilmeyme, alay men a olsağatda Hızırnı orununda bolurğa bir oŋ tapsam edi, allay nasıp üçün jarım duniyanı ırıshısın, köz qaqmay, arsarsız berir edim.I do not know what my other friends were thinking, but if at that moment I had found any chance of being in Khyzyr's place, for such good fortune I would have given half the world's wealth without blinking, without wavering.

not to blink an eye

To get no sleep at all; to keep one's eyes fixed on something without looking away.

Soldatla, okoplada qurğaq jerlege qısılıb, taŋŋa deri köz qaqmay çıqdıla.The soldiers, huddled on the dry spots in the trenches, got through to dawn without closing an eye.

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