sohandan, sarımsahdan taza
/soxandan, sarɯmsaxdan taza/
Idiom
Literal translation
clean of onion, of garlic
Intended meaning
Completely innocent of any wrongdoing; having nothing to reproach oneself with in the matter.
- Aladan hıyanat jetmegen ese, men bu işde sohandan, sarmısaqdan tazama.If no harm came from them, then in this matter I am clean of onion and garlic — I am entirely blameless.
Variants
- sohandan, sarmısaqdan taza
- sohandan sarsmaqdan da taza
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary