uçu-qıyırı körünmezge
/utʃu-qɯjɯrɯ kørynmezɡe/
Literal translation
for its tip and edge not to be seen
Intended meaning
To be without limit or termination; to go on so long or stretch so far that it never comes to an end.
- Barıb-barıb, atı da kesi da aç bolub, jolnu uçu-qıyırı körünmey, bir da mardasız arığan da etdi [jaş].Travelling on and on, with both the horse and its rider gone hungry and no end to the road in sight, the young man grew immeasurably weary.
- Uçu-qıyırı bolmağan işledile ala, künde-künü küreşib tururça işledile.They are tasks without end, tasks one must labour at day after day.
Variants
- uçu-qıyırı bolmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 481