oğartın sermerge
/oʁartɯn sermerɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to swing from above
Intended meaning
To claim a standing one does not have, carrying oneself as superior toward someone who is in fact the stronger party.
- Közüne jetgeninde, oğartın sermey turğan qatın, saylağan – sayğa dep, sülderi tüşdü.When it finally caught up with her, the woman who had been putting on airs was crestfallen — as they say, the one who keeps picking ends up with the dregs.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary