taşdan süt çığarğan
/taʃdan syt tʃɯʁarʁan/
Literal translation
who gets milk out of a stone
Intended meaning
Someone who can manage anything: highly capable, skilled and resourceful.
- Zawurbekni qolundan kelmezlik iş joqdu. Allaylağa tawda taşdan süt çığarğan deydile.There is no job Zaurbek cannot do. In the mountains they call such people ones who get milk out of a stone.
Variants
- taşdan süt tamdırğan
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 436