kiyiz qamiçiden temir çüy eterge bazınŋan
/kijiz qamitʃiden temir tʃyj eterɡe bazɯnŋan/
Literal translation
who dared to make an iron nail out of a felt whip
Intended meaning
Said of a person of exceptional strength and daring, who undertakes what no one else could accomplish.
- Alay polkovnikni közleri oğurlu janıb edile... Ol ne aqıldan şaşhan, ne da asırı ullu jürek qarıwu bolğan, kiyiz qamiçiden temir çüy işlerge bazınŋan adam edi.But the colonel's eyes shone kindly... He was either out of his mind, or a man of such enormous courage that he would dare to make an iron nail out of a felt whip.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 271