sapda tohtamağan baltaça
/sapda toxtamaʁan baltatʃa/
Idiom
Literal translation
like an axe that does not stay on its handle
Intended meaning
A flighty, undependable person who sticks to nothing — neither a promise nor a task; said mockingly.
- Antım alaydı. Men, sapda tohtamağan baltaça, birin saylab, anı süyüb qalmay, har körgenimi süyüb barama.That is my oath. I, like an axe that will not stay on its handle, do not choose one and love her alone, but go on loving every woman I lay eyes on.
- Sabında turmağan balta kibik, men suqlanmağan huner joq edi.Like an axe that will not stay on its handle, there was no craft I did not covet.
Variants
- sabında tohtamağan baltaça
- sapda turmağan baltaça
- sapda tohtamağan balta kibik
- sapda tohtamağan baltalay
Sources
Show sources
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary