on barmağın jerge beklerge
/on barmaʁɯn dʒerɡe beklerɡe/
Literal translation
to fasten one's ten fingers to the ground
Intended meaning
To toil without letup, never pausing or resting from one's labour.
- Qart atasın, sawsuz anasın, üydegisin apçıtmaz üçün, Hajibekir, on barmağın jerge beklep, sarı taŋdan ahşam qaraŋısına deri belin tüzetmey işley edi.So as not to leave his aged father, his ailing mother and his household in want, Hadzhibekir worked with his ten fingers fastened to the ground, from bright dawn until the dark of evening, never straightening his back.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 373