toqlu tobuğu kibik
/toqlu tobuʁu kibik/
Literal translation
like a yearling lamb's knee
Intended meaning
A very small amount or piece of something.
- Ötmekni üleşgende, har kimge toqlu tobuğu kibik birer jetdi.When the bread was shared out, everyone got one piece the size of a lamb's knee.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 458
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 226