Karachay

erinin-burunun çüyürürge

/erinin-burunun tʃyjyryrɡe/

Idiom

Literal translation

to turn up one's lip and nose

Intended meaning

To treat someone or something with open scorn; to mock and ridicule.
  • Bekbolatnı iniçke sabiy ön bla qıçırıb jırlağanına barı da es burub tıŋılağan edile. Jalan da bayla erinlerin-burunların çüyüre edile.Everyone had turned their attention and was listening to Bekbolat singing out loud in a thin, childlike voice. Only the rich were curling their lips and noses at him.

Variants

  • erinin-burunun çüerge
  • erinin-burunun çüeltirge

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