tübünden qarasaŋ, börküŋ tüşedi
/tybynden qarasaŋ, børkyŋ tyʃedi/
Literal translation
if you look from below, your hat falls off
Intended meaning
Extremely tall or high; towering.
- Yarabiy, bu jaşnı tübünden qarasaŋ, börküŋ tüşedi, alay alıqa sabiy aqıldan çıqmağandı.Good heavens, this boy is so tall your hat falls off looking up at him, yet he still hasn't grown out of a child's mind.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 466
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 229