suw orununa içerça
/suw orununa itʃertʃa/
Literal translation
such that one could drink [it] in place of water
Intended meaning
Exceptionally beautiful and fair of face; said of a person.
- Adam suw orununa içerça, aythılıq qız keçeden taŋŋa urçuq tolturub çığıwçu edi.The renowned girl, so lovely one could drink her in place of water, used to fill a spindle from night till dawn.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 414