qoy bla qozu qoşhança
/qoj bla qozu qoʃxantʃa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
as when sheep and lambs are put in together
Intended meaning
Noisily and in a flurry; doing something amid commotion and agitated bustle.
- Poezdge minŋenlerine quwanıb aylanŋan sabiyle, qozu bla qoy qoşhança, dawur, guzaba etib, vagonlağa mine edile.The children, delighted at having got onto the train, were climbing into the carriages in noise and commotion, like sheep and lambs put in together.
- Bir birni ura, tişirıwla da jilyay, qoy bla qozu iygença bola turğanlay, starşina, anı strajnikleri, atlağa minib, ortağa kirdile.While they were beating one another and the women were weeping, everything in an uproar as when sheep and lambs are let in together, the sergeant-major and his constables mounted their horses and rode into the middle.
Literal translation
as when sheep and lambs are put in together
Intended meaning
Jumbled in with one another in such confusion that no one can tell who is who.
- Şaharnı içi qoy bla qozu qoşulğanlay boldu.The inside of the town became like sheep and lambs mixed in together.
- Qoy bla qozu qoşulğança, qayğı, guzaba, sarnaw jürekni titiretedi.As when sheep and lambs are mixed in together, worry, bustle and wailing set the heart trembling.
Variants
- qoy bla qozu iygença
- qoy bla qozu qoşhanlay
- qoy bla qozu iygenley
- qoy bla qozu iygen kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 314