küçden bla butdan

/kytʃden bla butdan/

Literal translation

by force and by leg

Intended meaning

With enormous effort and hardship; only barely, by straining every last bit of one's strength and having no other way out.
  • Qaramıyıq qonşum a, meni aŋa qızğanŋan etgença, jağamdan tutub, kesine tartdı. Ortalıqda amalsızğa qaldım. Bir söz bla aythanda, ol toydan küçden bla butdan başımı alıb qutuldum.And my neighbour Qaramıyıq, as though he begrudged me to him, caught me by the collar and pulled me to himself. I was left helpless in between. In a word, I barely got my head out of that wedding and escaped.
  • Mahmud birde bara barıb, taşha tirelib tohtaydı, birde qardan tolu batıwğa ketib, küçden bla butdan çığadı.Mahmud, walking on, sometimes runs up against a rock and stops, and sometimes falls into a hollow full of snow and gets out of it only with great difficulty.

Variants

  • küçden-butdan

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