köznü jumub açhınçı
/køzny dʒumub atʃxɯntʃɯ/
Literal translation
before one shuts the eye and opens it
Intended meaning
Within a very short time; immediately, with no delay at all.
- Jütüköz Soltanbek allarında okopda uşkoknu burunu keslerine burulğanın eslep, köznü jumub açhınçı Mironovnu allına sekirdi.Sharp-eyed Soltanbek, noticing that the muzzle of the rifle in the trench in front of them had turned their way, sprang at Mironov in an instant.
- Bıla ol hawle itlege uşağan, abirekde aylanŋan banditle bolğanların Aslanbiy arsarsız sezdi da, köznü qağıb açhınçı, qamasın ol mawzerlini qarınına bekledi.Aslanbiy sensed at once that these were bandits on the run as outlaws, like those stray dogs, and in an instant he drove his dagger into the belly of the man with the Mauser.
Variants
- köznü qağıb açhınçı
- köznü qısıb açhınçı
- köznü açıb japhınçı
- köznü açıb jumğunçu
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 252
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 289