ot-oq ayırmağan uşkok kibik
/ot-oq ajɯrmaʁan uʃkok kibik/
Literal translation
like a rifle that has not separated powder from shot
Intended meaning
Said of someone who eats anything at all, making no distinction between good food and bad.
- Bu kesin aç etmeydi, ot-oq ayırmağan uşkok kibik, taphanın ayırtlamay aşawçudu.He does not let himself go hungry; like a rifle that makes no distinction between powder and shot, he eats whatever he finds without picking and choosing.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 378