tülkü tili bla jalarğa
/tylky tili bla dʒalarʁa/
Literal translation
to lick with a fox's tongue
Intended meaning
To finish something off entirely, leaving not the slightest bit of it behind.
- Bizni bahçanı tübün da tülkü tili bla jalamağan uşaydı da.It seems the bottom of our garden, too, has not been licked with a fox's tongue.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 471