kirpik qaqğınçı
/kirpik qaqʁɯntʃɯ/
Literal translation
before an eyelash blinks
Intended meaning
Very quickly; in a moment, almost at once.
- Adam kirpik qaqğınçı, çaqğan şahar kül boldu.Before a person could blink, the city in bloom had turned to ash.
- Spitak kirpik qaqğınçı jer bla teŋ boldu.In the blink of an eye Spitak was levelled to the ground.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 273
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 134