qıçırıb eşitdiralmazsız, çaqırıb keltiralmazsız
/qɯtʃɯrɯb eʃitdiralmazsɯz, tʃaqɯrɯb keltiralmazsɯz/
Literal translation
you cannot make him hear by shouting, you cannot bring him by calling
Intended meaning
Of someone who has gone so far away that there is no way to reach them or get them to come when they are needed.
- Qıçırıb eşitdiralmazsız, çaqırıb keltiralmazsız degenley, uzaqlıqnı işi ne qıyındı.As the saying goes — you cannot make him hear by shouting, you cannot bring him by calling — what a hard thing distance is.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 349