qoluna bek
/qoluna bek/
Idiom
Literal translation
firm with one's hand
Intended meaning
Stingy and ungenerous; unwilling to give or share anything with others.
- Seni ataŋ qoluna bek adam bolsa da, el bağası bir kişi edi, – dedi Tawlan Taşaldarğa."Even if your father was a tight-fisted man, he was a man worth a whole village," Taulan said to Tashaldar.
- Harun qoldan bek jaşdı.Harun is a tight-fisted young man.
Variants
- qoldan bek
Sources
Show sources
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary