başı jetmegen
/baʃɯ dʒetmeɡen/
Idiom
Literal translation
whose head does not reach
Intended meaning
Lacking sense or judgment; slow-witted and unable to think matters through.
- Klassnı jabhan adet qaydan çıqdı? Bolmaçı işdi. Klassda jıyırma ondan artıq adam. Aŋa başı jetmegen başçı!"Where did this custom of closing a class come from? It is a worthless business. There are more than twenty-odd people in the class. And a dim-witted boss over it!"
Variants
- başı jetişmegen
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary