kir qondurmazğa
/kir qondurmazʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
not to let dirt settle on someone
Intended meaning
To keep another person's good name intact — refusing to disparage them or to hold their faults against them.
- Tutmaqlıqnı başha adamlanı hatalarından sınağan dep, Çaçiyni başın sılaysız da, kir qondurmaysız üsüne, – dedi Mutay."Saying that it was other people's faults that brought the imprisonment, you pat Chachiy on the head and let not a speck of dirt settle on them," said Mutay.
- Saniyat, süygenin esinden ketermey, az da kir qondurmay, jüregini tereninde saqlay biledi.Saniyat, never letting the one she loves slip from her mind and never letting the least speck of dirt settle on him, knows how to keep him in the depth of her heart.
Variants
- kir qaqdırmazğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary