kün keçindirirge
/kyn ketʃindirirɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to make the day get by
Intended meaning
To pass the days without working, busying oneself with nothing of substance.
- Qaynaydı ol, qawqalaq ete, kün keçindire, aylanadı.He is all in a stir, fussing about, going around idling his days away.
Literal translation
to make the day get by
Intended meaning
Of a sick person: to be barely keeping alive, with little time left to live.
- Batta köp awrudu, harip, kün keçindire turadı ansı, bir qarıwu da qalmağandı.Batta has been ill a long time, poor man; he is just getting through the days, he has no strength left at all.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 278