qabına kirirge

/qabɯna kirirɡe/

Idiom

Literal translation

to get into someone's sack

To change one's outward appearance or conduct to suit the situation, taking on whatever guise the moment favours.

Qara sen mıŋa, kırdık jetgen keziwde keselekke, kesin türlendirib, jaşil bet alğança, Sovet vlast salınŋanında, betin türlendirib, jarlını qabına kirdi.Just look at him: the way a lizard changes itself and takes on a green colour when the grass comes up, so when Soviet power was established he changed his face and slipped into the poor man's guise.

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