adam qatında ösmegen
/adam qatɯnda øsmeɡen/
Idiom
Literal translation
not grown up beside people
Intended meaning
Boorish and badly brought up; lacking manners, decency and the customs of proper conduct.
- Sen qarab, biz da aşay turğanıbıznı körgen: «Bıla adam qatında ösmegendile der», – dedi Tawjan."He saw you looking on while we kept eating: he'll say, 'These people were never raised among decent folk,'" said Tauzhan.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary