köz tuwrada
/køz tuwrada/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
in front of the eyes
Intended meaning
Where other people are present and can see; openly, in front of others.
- Endi ala [Mariya bla İslam] köz tuwrada, bir biri qatına barğan uğay, bir biri betlerine qararğa da uyaladıla.Now, out in public, they [Maria and Islam] are ashamed even to look each other in the face, let alone go near one another.
- Çarişçile çabar jerlerine köz tuwradan jokku bolub taşaydıla.The racers drop out of sight and vanish away to the ground where they are to race.
Literal translation
in front of the eyes
Intended meaning
Near by, at a distance one can easily cover coming and going.
- Anı [ananı] aŋılarğa bolluqdu. Sabiyi köz tuwrasında tururun ne da qayğı etmezça jerde ornalırın süymegen ana joqdu, – dedi Azret."She [the mother] can be understood. There is no mother who would not want her child to stay close at hand, or to be settled somewhere she need not worry about," said Azret.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 248
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 140