kukuk qıçırğan kün uzunu
/kukuk qɯtʃɯrʁan kyn uzunu/
Literal translation
for the length of the day the cuckoo calls
Intended meaning
For the entire stretch of a long summer day, from morning until night.
- Ança kişige ... anı işleybiz dep, kesleri aytıwçulay, kukuk qıçırğan kün uzununa mıçırğa da ayıpdı.To dawdle the whole cuckoo-calling day long — as they themselves put it — while claiming we are working for so many people ... is a disgrace.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 276