temir terek bolurğa

/temir terek bolurʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to be an iron tree

Intended meaning

To go on living without dying; to be everlasting.
  • Hajibekirden köp da eslile aldata kelgendile keslerin. Anı üçün aldathan ölüb qalmağandı, aldağan temir teregi bolmağandı.Far cleverer people than Hajibekir have let themselves be deceived. And for all that, the one deceived did not die of it, and the deceiver did not turn out to be immortal.

Literal translation

to be an iron tree

Intended meaning

To stand planted in one spot, rigid and unbudging.
  • Alay bolğandan arısında ua, ol eki-üç adam temir terek bolub süelsele da, işge çırmaw bolallıq tüyül edile.But past that point, even if those two or three men stood there like iron trees, they would not have been able to hinder the work.

Variants

  • temir teregi bolurğa

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