başı köber
/baʃɯ køber/
Idiom · Formula · Exclamation
Literal translation
may his head swell
Intended meaning
Mocking retort rejecting what someone was hoping for, implying they would have been delighted had it turned out that way.
- «Har qarınığız awruğan sayın şaharlada qawqalaq etdirib aylanmasağız a, başığız köber», – dep, komendant hılikkya etib qoyğandı."So you'd have us cart you off to town every time your belly aches — you'd have loved that," the commandant said, jeering at them.
- Biynöger! Bir-eki taş keltir, bılayğa begiteyim da, erikginçi ata tururla, men alağa qarançha bolub turmasam, başları bek köber.Biynyoger! Bring a stone or two so I can fix them here — they'd shoot away till they tired of it; if I weren't standing guard over them, wouldn't they just love it.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary