qurmaç çartlağança söleşirge
/qurmatʃ tʃartlaʁantʃa søleʃirɡe/
Literal translation
to speak as roasted grain pops
Intended meaning
To speak quickly, skilfully and fluently, without stumbling.
- Gürgoqa dep bir jaŋı efendi kelgendi. Qurannı qurmaç çartlağança oquydu deydile.A new efendi named Gyurgoka has come. They say he recites the Qur'an as fast as roasted grain popping.
- Solmanbiy çerkesça usta edi, qonaqbayları bla qurmaç çartlağança janşaydı.Solmanbiy was skilled in Circassian, and he chatters with his hosts like roasted grain popping.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 339