on barmağın bilgença bilirge
/on barmaʁɯn bilɡentʃa bilirɡe/
Literal translation
to know as one knows one's ten fingers
Intended meaning
To know something thoroughly and expertly, down to the smallest detail.
- Ol [Nohtar] jerçigin kesini on barmağın bilgença biledi.He [Nokhtar] knows his plot of land the way he knows his own ten fingers.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 373