aman tişli it kibik
/aman tiʃli it kibik/
Idiom
Literal translation
like a dog with bad teeth
Intended meaning
Said of a malicious person who goes about frightening, harassing and tormenting everyone around them.
- Aman tişli it kibik, bu adam kesin qalay tapsız jürütedi, – adamnı jüregi qıynalır, bolmağannı aytsam dep, sağış etmeydi.Like a dog with bad teeth, how unfittingly this man behaves — he never stops to think that he will wound a person's heart by saying what is not so.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary