qolu bla alıb athança

/qolu bla alɯb atxantʃa/

Literal translation

as if picked up by hand and thrown away

Intended meaning

Completely and all at once, so that nothing whatever is left of it.
  • Tepsep başlağanında, Muquyatnı junçuğanı, qolu bla alıb athança, ketib qaldı.Once she started dancing, Muquyat's awkwardness left her completely, as if it had been picked up by hand and thrown away.
  • Strajniklege qoşulub kelgen omaq jaşlanı, Mırtaz bıqıdan töŋeregenley, qulaq otları, qol bla sıdırıb alğança, ketdi.The moment Myrtaz rolled down off the haystack, the fire went out of the ears of the smartly dressed young men who had come along with the guards, as if it had been scraped off by hand.

Variants

  • qolu bla sıdırıb athança (къарач.)

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