qulağın burununa baylap

/qulaʁɯn burununa bajlap/

Literal translation

having tied one's ear to one's nose

To go at a task single-mindedly and without pause, taking no notice of anything else going on around one.

Biz, bahçanı boşayalmay qalabız dep, başıbızğa aman kün kelib, qulağıbıznı burunubuzğa baylap küreşebiz, bu ua oynarğa jayılıb ketgendi, – dep, Çokuy da jaşına açıwlandı."Here we are, afraid we will not get the garden finished, hard days upon us, slaving away without ever looking up, and he has gone off to play," said Chokuy, angry at his son.

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