qart börü
/qart børy/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
old wolf
Intended meaning
A long-practiced wrongdoer; a habitual offender whose criminal experience makes him dangerous.
- İtden tuwğan qart börü, etgen amanlığım azdı dep, endi quturğandan tişirıwlanı türmege saldırıb tebiregendi.That old wolf, born of a dog, decided the harm he had done was too little, and in his frenzy has now begun having women thrown into prison.
Idiom
Literal translation
old wolf
Intended meaning
A person of long experience who thoroughly knows the work.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary