salam otça
/salam ottʃa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
like a straw fire
Intended meaning
To lose one's temper instantly, blazing up in anger at the slightest provocation and subsiding just as fast.
- Holerik temperamentleri bolğan adamla salam otça janarla, olsağat şoşayğan da alay terk eterle.People of choleric temperament flare up like a straw fire, and they settle down again just as quickly.
Idiom
Literal translation
like a straw fire
Intended meaning
Immediately; in a moment, with no delay at all.
Variants
- salam otça janarğa
- salam otça juqlanırğa
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary