qolu jetmezge
/qolu dʒetmezɡe/
Literal translation
one's hand does not reach (something)
Intended meaning
To fail to find the time or opportunity to do something.
- Qolu jetmey turğandı ansı, Fazika anı könçegin jamap, ertte oquna atasına ierik edi.She simply had not got around to it — otherwise Fazika would have patched his trousers and sent them to his father long ago.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 324