közleri közür oynarğa
/køzleri køzyr ojnarʁa/
Literal translation
for one's eyes to play trump
Intended meaning
To have a pretty face and a bright, lively manner that draws people in but is not to be trusted.
- Jaşım a jaratırmı, arabiy? Jaratırğa kerekdi. Qıznı közleri közür oynayla.Will my son take to her, I wonder? He ought to. The girl has a beguiling charm about her.
- Ariw Lülya köreem, deydi, Közleri közür oynağan.I saw lovely Lyulya, he says, with that beguiling charm of hers.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 250