alay-bılay
/alaj-bɯlaj/
this way and that, one way or another — With a negative converb, alay-bılay demey means "without beating around the bush, without excuses".
- alay-bılay etib kördüm — I tried it this way and that
- alay-bılay sağış etebiz — we think it over this way and that
- ol alay-bılay aytdı — he said it this way and that
- ne alay-bılay deseŋ da — whatever you may say one way or another
- alay-bılay degen da bolmadı — there was not even any arguing this way or that
- alay-bılay demey — without beating around the bush