qoy awuzundan çöp üzmegen

/qoj awuzundan tʃøp yzmeɡen/

Literal translation

who has not plucked a straw from a sheep's mouth

Said of someone who has never done anyone any harm — a quiet, inoffensive, easy-going person.

Ay, harip, qoy awuzundan çöp üzmegen Basiyat, ajımlı ölüb qaldıŋ da! – dedi Ishaq."Oh, poor soul — Basiyat, who never harmed a living thing, you have died a pitiful death!" said Yskhak.
Allah, Allah meni da qoy awuzundan çöp üzmezge antım bar edi, adamğa uşkok atar künŋe jetdim, – dedi Hamzat."God, God, I too had sworn never to snatch a straw from a sheep's mouth, and now I have come to a day of firing a rifle at a man," said Hamzat.

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