keçe tüşünde, kündüz tününde
/ketʃe tyʃynde, kyndyz tynynde/
Literal translation
at night in one's dream, by day in one's waking
Intended meaning
Present in someone's thoughts at every moment; in the negative, never entering someone's thoughts at all.
- Keçe tüşünde, kündüz tününde da ol qorquw anı köz allında, qılqıyar qamanı jütü awuzuça, oğursuz jıltıray edi.At night in his dreams and by day in his waking hours, that fear glittered malevolently before his eyes, like the keen edge of a hair-splitting dagger.
- Bılay kelib qallıqsa dep, keçe tüşümde, kündüz tünümde da joq edi, – dep, anası, quwanŋanın jaşırmay, jaşın quçaqladı."That you would simply turn up like this was not in my dreams at night nor in my waking by day," said his mother, and, not hiding her joy, she embraced her son.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 240