quyruğun qalaç eterge
/qujruʁun qalatʃ eterɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to make one's tail a kalach (ring-shaped loaf)
Intended meaning
To swagger about boasting and behaving as though one were a great person.
- Ol a, quyruğun qalaç etib, kimge körüneyim dep, jortub aylanadı, – dep, Patiya erşi qan aldı."And there she goes trotting about with her tail curled up, looking for someone to show herself off to," Patia said sourly.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 331
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 157