mıyıq tübünden külürge

/mɯjɯq tybynden kylyrɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Idiom

Literal translation

to laugh from under one's mustache

To make fun of someone while keeping the ridicule half-hidden; to sneer at someone quietly.

Tawqan, jaşçıqlanı ne üçün dawlaşhanların aŋılab, mıyıq tübünden ışara: – Jaşçıqla, qoynu al baş tişleri bolmaydıla, – dedi.Taukan, realizing what the boys were arguing about, smiled under their mustache: "Boys, a sheep has no upper front teeth," they said.
Mıyıq tübünden ışara, Nasıb bir tiymeydi qolğa…Smirking under its mustache, fortune never once comes to hand…

Idiom

to laugh from under one's mustache

To let one's cheerfulness or delight show; to go about pleased and smiling.

Qujon, jarıq bolub, mıyıq tübünden küle aylanadı.Kuzhon, in high spirits, goes about with a smile under their mustache.

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