keçedi, kündü demey
/ketʃedi, kyndy demej/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
not saying 'it is night, it is day'
Intended meaning
Doing something at once and very quickly, without putting it off.
- Maŋa, keçe-kün demey, eki jarawlu çuruq eterge kerekdi, – dedi Sarbiy."I need two sturdy boots made for me right away," said Sarbiy.
Literal translation
not saying 'it is night, it is day'
Intended meaning
Working on and on without stopping or resting, day and night.
- Partiyanı Çegem avtonom oblast komitetini sekretarı joldaş Eneev, keçe-kün demey, uzaq awullağa jol sala, aylanŋan-jürügen jerinde jaŋı jaşawnu mağanasın aŋılata, qarındaş halqğa qarındaş boluşluğun ayamay küreşedi.Comrade Eneev, secretary of the Party's Chegem autonomous region committee, works tirelessly day and night, making his way to distant villages, explaining the meaning of the new life wherever he goes, and sparing nothing in his brotherly help to a brother people.
Variants
- keçe-kün demey
- keçe bla, kün bla
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 240