tiş içinde iyne izlegença
/tiʃ itʃinde ijne izleɡentʃa/
Literal translation
as if looking for a needle inside a haystack
Intended meaning
Said of something that cannot possibly be accomplished or found, however hard one tries.
- Alay, biçen tişni içinde iyneni izlegença, vokzalda miŋle bla sanalğan adamlanı içinde tanımağan kişimi qaydan tabarıq edim?Even so, like looking for a needle in a haystack, how was I to find a person I had never seen among the thousands of people at the station?
Variants
- salam içinde iyne izlegença
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 455