quyruğu jer körmezge
/qujruʁu dʒer kørmezɡe/
Literal translation
for one's tail not to see the ground
Intended meaning
To get no rest and never stop, staying constantly on the move until a task has been done properly.
- Da, seni «jamar» üçün, quyruğum jer körmey, çabıb aylanama. Men qolğa alğan işni ua kesiŋ bilese qalay boluwçusun, «keleçisi igi bolsa, keli başı erge barır», – dep boşuna aytılmağandı.Well, because of that "patch" of yours I am running about without a moment's rest. And you yourself know how a job I take in hand turns out — it is not for nothing they say, "if the matchmaker is good, even the mortar's head will marry."
Variants
- quyruğu jerge tiymezge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 331