teŋiz – tobuqdan, bulut – boğurdaqdan

/teŋiz – tobuqdan, bulut – boʁurdaqdan/

Literal translation

the sea is knee-deep, the cloud is throat-deep

Said of someone who worries about nothing and is afraid of nothing, treating any danger as trivial.

Teŋiz – tobuqdan, bulut – boğurdaqdan degenley, jaş adamla, kellikni oyum etib, keslerin hatadan saqlayalmaydıla.As if to say 'the sea is knee-deep, the cloud is throat-deep', young people cannot weigh what is coming and keep themselves out of harm.

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