tört közü bolurğa
/tørt køzy bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to have four eyes
Intended meaning
To be watchful and alert, missing nothing that happens, whether good or bad.
- «İgi qoyçunu tört közü bolur», – dep, ma bıllay qoyçuğa aytadıla, – dedi."A good shepherd has four eyes" — that is what they say of a shepherd just like this one, he said.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 447