şintigin tanırğa
/ʃintiɡin tanɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to know one's own chair
Intended meaning
To behave with propriety, keeping within the bounds of one's own standing and not overstepping.
- Qonaliy, şintigin tanıb, jerinde tura ese, Aydaruq, ullusunmay, aŋa barırğa kerek edi.If Qonaliy was keeping his place and behaving as he should, then Aydaruq ought to have gone to him instead of putting on airs.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary