qolundan iş ölgen
/qolundan iʃ ølɡen/
Literal translation
work dies in his hands
Intended meaning
Industrious and tireless; said of someone who never shirks when there is work to be done.
- Tamataları Ahmat ariw adam edi… Anı qolundan iş öle edi deydile.Their eldest, Ahmat, was a fine man… They say work died in his hands.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 327