ataŋı aman közüne
/ataŋɯ aman køzyne/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom · Formula · Exclamation
Literal translation
into your father's bad eye
Intended meaning
Rude exclamation asserting that the speaker is not afraid of anybody and will not back down.
- Aktivist qarındaşıŋa mahtana bolursa da, ataŋı aman közüne…You may be bragging about your activist brother, but I don't care a bit…
- Ariw aytıb, jalınsaŋ da, Aldatmam seni sözüŋe. Senden da igi jaşla bardıla, Ataŋı aman közüne!Even if you plead with sweet words, I won't be taken in by your talk. There are better lads than you — I'm not afraid of you!
Idiom · Formula
Literal translation
into your father's bad eye
Intended meaning
Said to someone to tell them to go ahead and do whatever they can, holding nothing back.
Variants
- atasını aman közüne
- ataŋı aman közüne joluğayım
- ataŋı aman közüne uçurayım
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 58
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 124