Karachay

şkok ot iyisgemegen

/ʃkok ot ijisɡemeɡen/

Idiom

Literal translation

who has not smelled gunpowder smoke

Intended meaning

Someone who has never been to war and has not experienced its hardships.
  • Qaynaydı ol, uşkok ot iyisgemegen adam, ne sawluqlu da nek bolmaydı?He fumes, a man who has never smelled gunpowder smoke: why is he not in good health either?

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