on barmağından bal tamğan
/on barmaʁɯndan bal tamʁan/
Literal translation
honey drips from his ten fingers
Intended meaning
Highly skilled, hard-working and resourceful; good at everything one turns a hand to.
- Kesimikiledile dep aytmayma, közü qıyıb, ol eki qıznı adam kişi üyüne çığarallıq tüyüldü. On barmaqlarından bal tamadı, Allah birdi.I am not saying it because they are my own — nobody could bring themselves to marry those two girls off into a stranger's house. Honey drips from their ten fingers, God is one.
- Alıb kelebiz sizge kögürçünçüknü, Ey, on barmağından bal tamğan kelinçikni.We are bringing you a little dove, hey, a young bride from whose ten fingers honey drips.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 373