aqlı-köklü bolurğa
/aqlɯ-køkly bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to be white-and-blue
Intended meaning
To dress handsomely and smartly and live in comfort, wanting for nothing.
- Toba, ol bolğunçu bılay aqlı-köklü bolub a aylanmawçeŋ sen da, – dedi Muhtar Gegra qızına."Honestly, before that came about you never used to go around so finely turned out either," Mukhtar said to the Gegra girl.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 30