baş jürütürge
/baʃ dʒyrytyrɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to carry a head
Intended meaning
To manage one's own life, getting by and knowing how to make a living.
- Men qorasam, sizni qalay baş jürütürügüznü bir körür edim."If I were gone, I'd like to see how you would manage to get by."
- Men a başın jürütürge Hoşunu aqılı joqdu dep tura edim.And I had been thinking that Khoshu had not the wits to make his own way.
Variants
- baş tutarğa
- janın jürütürge
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary