qayın anası süerge

/qajɯn anasɯ syerɡe/

Literal translation

for one's mother-in-law to love one

Said jokingly of someone who turns up just as the food is ready, with a knack for timing a visit to the meal.

Aşap boşarğa, Sonya eşikden kirdi. «Qayın anaŋ süe köre edim», – dep, Safiyat Sonyağa laqırda etdi.Just as they were finishing the meal, Sonya came in the door. "Your mother-in-law must love you, I see," Safiyat joked to Sonya.
Ma, Omar da jetdi. Omar, qayın anaŋ seni süerik bolmaz deyme, aşap boşağanlay keldiŋ.There, Omar has arrived too. Omar, I don't think your mother-in-law can love you — you came just as we had finished eating.

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