qandağayça, ızıŋa atlay
/qandaʁajtʃa, ɯzɯŋa atlaj/
Idiom
Literal translation
stepping backward, like a crayfish
Intended meaning
To go about a task irresolutely and get it the wrong way round, doing the opposite of what is needed.
- Sen, qandağayça, ızıŋa atlay turma!Don't you keep going about things backward!
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 292
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 148