sözün qağıb aldı
/søzyn qaʁɯb aldɯ/
Literal translation
snatched up his word
Intended meaning
To grasp and remember what someone says immediately on hearing it.
- Ol a [Jamalçıq], İvan Mihayloviçni közüne qarağanlay, har aythan sözün qağıb aladı.And he [Jamalchyq], just looking into Ivan Mikhailovich's eyes, catches every word he says.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 407