qılqıyar biçaq bla kesgença
/qɯlqɯjar bitʃaq bla kesɡentʃa/
Literal translation
as if cut with a hair-splitting knife
Intended meaning
In sharp, decisive strokes; severing something cleanly and abruptly rather than working at it little by little.
- Etni qatına kelib, anı al ayaqları bla basıb, qılqıyar biçaqla bla kesgença, qabın-qabın üzüb, terk oquna jırtıb boşadı börü.Coming up to the meat and pressing it down with its forepaws, the wolf tore it apart bite by bite, as if cutting with razor-sharp knives, and quickly finished ripping it up.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 346