barmağıŋı awuzuna salma
/barmaʁɯŋɯ awuzuna salma/
Idiom · Proverb or saying
Literal translation
do not put your finger in his mouth
Intended meaning
Said of someone who never backs down from what he says and shows no deference to anyone; do not trust him or give him an opening, because he will show no mercy.
- Ne bolub ketse da, qolay adam tüyül edi: bir da barmağıŋı eltib awuzuna salmağı ediŋ.Whatever else, he was not an easy man: you would certainly not go and put your finger in his mouth.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 91
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 126
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 58