ne aytmaydı, ne qoymaydı

/ne ajtmajdɯ, ne qojmajdɯ/

Literal translation

what does he not say, what does he not leave unsaid

Intended meaning

To scold someone furiously, pouring out every harsh word without restraint or discrimination.
  • Anı [qonaqnı] meni otowlarıma kiyirib körgüztseŋ, közleriŋi qum basha edi, – dep, ol [Urquyat] kelinine ne aytmaydı, ne qoymaydı."If you had taken him [the guest] into my rooms and shown him around, sand would have covered your eyes," she [Urquyat] said, laying into her daughter-in-law with every word she had.
  • Eşigibizni japdıŋ, otubuznu kömdüŋ, endi bir qawum jılnı içinde üyge jazğan qağıtlarıbıznı qar qırpaqları erimey kelirine ua ne söz! – ne aytıb, ne qoymayma deyse."You shut our door, you buried our hearth, and as for the letters we have written home these several years arriving before the snowflakes melt — not a word of it!" — you rail on, holding nothing back.

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