| Metaphor | Literal translation | Meaning | English |
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| aloqa vositasi | communication medium | til | language |
| aql gimnastikasi | mind exercise | shaxmat | chess |
| bahor elchisi | messenger of spring | qaldirg`och | swallow (a bird) |
| bilim bulog`i, ilm manbai | knowledge spring | kitob | book |
| bog`cha opa | kindergarten + sister | tarbiyachi | kindergartner |
| dala malikasi | queen of field | makkajo`xori | corn |
| davlat bolalari | children of state | yetimlar | orphans |
| davlat ustunlari | pillars of state | rahbarlar | leaders, chiefs, senior officers |
| hayvonlar podshosi | king of animals | sher | lion |
| ilm o`chog`i | source of knowledge | maktab | school |
| islom o`chog`i | origin of Islam | Saudiya Arabistoni | Saudi Arabia |
| jamiyatning yarasi | wound of society | o`g`ri va fohishalar | thieves and prostitutes |
| kelajak avlod | next generation | yoshlar | youth, young people, the youngsters |
| ko`k fonusi | sky lantern | oy | the moon |
| koinot kemasi | space ship | kosmik raketa | spaceship |
| kumush choyshab | silver sheet | qor | snow |
| kumush tola | silver thread | pilla | silkworm cocoon |
| kunchiqar mamlakat | land of the rising sun | Yaponiya | Japan |
| ma’rifat dushmani | enemy of education | ilmsiz kishi | uneducated, illiterate, ignorant |
| ma’rifat maskani | abode of education | kutubxona | library |
| mehr bulog`i | spring of kindness (love) | ona suti | breast milk, mother’s milk |
| mo`yqalam sohibi | master of paintbrush | rassom | artist, painter |
| non shahri | city of bread | Toshkent | Toshkent |
| ojiza | blind , weak (female) | ayol | women, female |
| oltin boshoq | golden grain spike | bug`doy | wheat |
| oq chashma | white spring | sut | milk |
| oq chashma sohibasi | mistress of the white spring | sut sog`uvchi | milkmaid, dairymaid |
| oq oltin diyori | land of white gold | O`zbekiston | Uzbekistan |
| oq oltin ijodkori | creator of white gold | paxtakor | cotton-grower, cotton-planter |
| osoyishtalik posbonlari | guardians of tranquility (peace) | ichki ishlar xodimlari | law enforcement officers |
| ozodlik oroli | island of freedom | Kuba | Cuba |
| payg`ambar yoshi | age of the prophet (Muhammad) | insonning 63 yoshi | 63 years old |
| po`lat ot | steel horse | traktor | tractor |
| po`lat qush, havo kemasi | steel bird, air ship | samolyot | airplane, aircraft, plane |
| qalam haqi | pencil fee | gonorar | honorarium, paycheck, compensation |
| qanotli do`stlar | winged friends | qushlar | birds |
| qo`shiqlar mamlakati | country of songs | Hindiston | India |
| qoyaoshar | cliff + climber | alpinist | alpinist, mountaineer |
| qushlar shohi | king of birds | burgut | eagle |
| sahro kemasi | desert ship | tuya | camel |
| salomatlik posboni | guardian of health | tibbiyot xodimi | medical worker, health care professional |
| samo bekasi | mistress of the sky | stuardessa | stewardess, flight attendant, flight hostess |
| samo lochini | falcon of the sky | uchuvchi | aviator, flier, airman, pilot, flight operator |
| sehrli barmoqlar sohibi | possessor of magical fingers | ekstrasens | psychic |
| tabiat ne`matlari | gifts of nature | mevalar | fruits |
| tog' lochini | mountain falcon | burgut | eagle |
| uyg'onish fasli, yasharish fasli | season of awakening, rejuvenation season | bahor | spring |
| vatan posboni | protector of homeland | askar | soldier |
| xazon fasli | leaf fall season | kuz | fall, autumn |
| yashil boylik, yashil tabiat | green wealth, green nature | o`simliklar | plants |
| yashil vodiy | green valley | Farg`ona | Fergana valley |
| yaylov bahodiri | hero of pastureland | cho`pon | shepherd |
| yer osti bo`roni | underground storm | zilzila | earthquake |
| yer osti qasri | underground castle | metro | subway, underground, metro, tube, metropolitan |
| yurtboshi | homeland + head | prezident | president |
| zangori ekran | green screen | televizor | television, TV |
| zangori kema | green ship | paxta terish mashinasi | cotton harvester, cotton-picker |
| zangori kema kapitani | captain of the green ship | mexanizator | machine operator, vehicle operator |
| zangori olov | bluish-green fire | gaz | natural gas |
| zangori shu’la | bluish-green ray | elektr nuri | electron ray, cathode beam |
| ziyokor | intellectual | energetik | power engineer |
| o`rmon malikasi | princess of forest | archa | juniper |
| sharqning Rimi | Rome of the East | Samarqand | Samarkand |
| sho`rpeshona | salty + forehead | baxtsiz odam | unlucky, unfortunate, poor, miserable |
| charm qo`lqop ustasi | master of leather gloves | mashur bokschi | well-known boxer |
| charm to`p muxlisi | fan of leather ball | futbol ishqibozi | soccer fan |
| charm to`p ustasi | master of leather ball | mashhur futbolchi | famous soccer player |
| cho`l balig`i | desert fish | kaltakesak | lizard |
| cho`lquvar | cho’l – desert + quvar – pursuer | cho`lni o`zlashtiruvchi | worker in reclamation of desert lands |
