kirpik qaqmazğa

/kirpik qaqmazʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

not to blink an eyelash

To look at something steadily and attentively, without turning one's eyes away.

Eki teŋ bir birlerin quçaqlap, tükküçnü üsüne olturdula da, alıqın erib başlamağan buzlağa, kirpik qaqmay, bir kesekni qarap turdula.The two friends put their arms around each other, sat down on the tree stump, and for a while gazed without blinking at the ice that had not yet begun to melt.
Men biyçe bolsam… – deydi kiçi egeç, kirpiklerin qaqmay, aŋa tıŋılap turğan injiköz ginjisine tashasın aça."If only I were a princess…" says the youngest sister, not blinking an eye, opening her secret to the pearl-eyed doll that sits listening to her.

not to blink an eyelash

To remain awake, to get no sleep at all.

Köknü saŋa uçub kelib, Taŋŋa deriçi tururma, Saŋa tatlı juqu berib, Kirpik qaqmay oltururma.Flying to you across the sky, I will stay until the dawn; giving you sweet sleep, I will sit without closing an eye.

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