saw bol demez
/saw bol demez/
Idiom
Literal translation
will not say "be well"
Intended meaning
To be displeased with what someone has done and hold it against them instead of thanking them.
- Ataŋ, ol işiŋi bilse, saw bol demez, – dedi anası jaşha, ırazı bolmağanın aŋılata."If your father finds out about that deed of yours, he will not say thank you," his mother said to the boy, making plain that she was not pleased.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary