soqur süygen – saw köz

/soqur syjɡen – saw køz/

Literal translation

what the blind man wishes for – a sound eye

Intended meaning

Said when something offered or proposed is exactly what one had been wishing for anyway.
  • Oŋuŋ bar ese, janım, Gül-töbe jaylıqğa keteyik! Soqur süygen – köz jarıq."If you have the chance, my dear, let us go off to the Gyul-Tyobe summer pasture!" Just what I was wishing for.
  • Biybert, Umar menden haq izlemeydi deb, ullu terlemeydi, soqur süygen — saw köz!Biybert does not trouble himself much, reckoning that Umar asks no payment of him — just what he wanted!

Variants

  • soqur süygen – köz jarıq

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