kündüz çıraq bla izleseŋ da tapmazğa
/kyndyz tʃɯraq bla izleseŋ da tapmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to be found even if you search with a lamp in the daytime
Intended meaning
To be impossible to find just when needed, however hard one searches.
- Biznikileni ua [samolötlanı] kündüz çıraq bla izleseŋ da, tapmazğa bolluqsa.As for ours [the planes], you could search for them with a lamp in broad daylight and still not find them.
- Elni arığanı busağatda maŋa öçüklenib turadıla, alanı işlerin, sözlerin bilirge Toqaldan majal, kündüz çıraq bla izleseŋ da, tabarıq tüyülse.The best of the village are set against me now; as for someone abler than Toqal at knowing their doings and their talk, you would not find one even searching with a lamp in broad daylight.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 280