şaytan quma
/ʃajtan quma/
Idiom
Literal translation
devil's concubine
Intended meaning
Unruly and impossible to handle; good for nothing, as if bred of the devil.
- Bu at, şaytan qumasından tüyül ese, bir zatha tüzetalmayma.This horse — unless it is of the devil's breed — I cannot get it to do a single thing right.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary