elni betinden
/elni betinden/
Idiom
Literal translation
from the face of the community
Intended meaning
For the sake of the community's good name; out of regard for the standing of the people as a whole.
- Sen elni onowun boyunuŋa alğan eseŋ, elni betinden ol adamnı jükge alırğa erinŋenmi eteeŋ? – dedi Gonday Egewge.If you have taken the running of the village on your shoulders, were you too grudging to shoulder that man's burden for the community's honor? – said Gonday to Egeu.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary