suwdan çıqğan tawuqça

/suwdan tʃɯqʁan tawuqtʃa/

Literal translation

like a chicken that has come out of the water

Intended meaning

Of a person: confused, at a loss and unnerved, and wretched or unkempt in appearance.
  • Biz alanı tapsaq, alay-bılay eterek degen bazıqboyunla suwdan çıqğan tawuqlay bolğan edile.Those thick-necked braggarts who had said "if we find them we'll do this and that to them" ended up like chickens pulled out of the water.
  • Allah ayıp etmesin ansı, suwdan çıqğan tawuqça, bıllayla da qatın alırğa küreşedile.May God not count it a fault to say it, but even such sorry specimens, like chickens out of the water, are trying to take a wife.

Variants

  • suwdan çığarılğan tawuqça
  • suwdan çıqğan çabaqça

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