tawuq tankısı çaqlı biri bolmazğa

/tawuq tankɯsɯ tʃaqlɯ biri bolmazʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

for there not to be (in one's head) even as much as a chicken's tiny bit

To be utterly without sense or intelligence.

Ollaha, kerti oquna aytdıŋ, – erttenli beri seni bla janşay, künün keç etgenni başında tawuqnu tankısı çaqlı biri bolmaz, – dedi Mazan."By God, you said it exactly right — the one who has been chattering with you since morning, letting the day turn to evening, hasn't got as much sense in his head as a chicken's crumb," said Mazan.

as much as a chicken's tiny bit

Not even the smallest amount of something; next to nothing.

Tawuqnu tankısı teŋli bir boluşluq etalmay, qollanı da hurjunŋa urub, bu elni sınağanına köl keŋdirgença qararğa, kesimi, sabiyni jilyağanı, tişirıwnu qara kiygeni da meni işim tüyüldü dep iynandırırğa küreşirge nege tüşgenme?!Why have I come to this — unable to give even the tiniest bit of help, my hands in my pockets, looking on as if consoling myself over what this village has endured, and trying to convince myself that a child's crying and a woman's wearing black are no business of mine?!

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