taş-topuraq
/taʃ-topuraq/
Literal translation
stone and soil
Intended meaning
A very large number of people; a dense crowd.
- Suray barıb, vokzalnı tapdım. Arı qaradım, beri qaradım. Taş-topuraq adam, qarındaşım a joq.Asking my way along, I found the station. I looked this way, I looked that way — a huge crowd of people, but no brother of mine.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 436