qumuqlu harbızdan çıqğança
/qumuqlu xarbɯzdan tʃɯqʁantʃa/
Literal translation
as if come out of a Kumyk's watermelon
Intended meaning
Said of a person who turns up suddenly and unannounced, when no one was expecting them.
- Umar da sirelgeniça sirelib qaraydı jaşçıqğa, bu sabiy qaydan çıqdı, arabin, qumuqlu harbızdan çıqğança dep.Umar too stares at the boy, rooted to the spot, thinking: where did this child come from, good heavens, as if he had popped out of a Kumyk's watermelon.
Variants
- qumuqlu harbızdan çıqğanlay
- qumuqlu harbızdan çıqğan kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 336