tuz-gırjının aşarğa

/tuz-ɡɯrdʒɯnɯn aʃarʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

to eat someone's salt and bread

To be kept and fed at another person's expense, enjoying the fruits of their labor and hospitality.

Zamanında köb ariw sözün eşitgenme, qolundan köb tuz-gırjının aşağanma kelinni, – dedi Safar.In my time I have heard many a kind word from the bride, and eaten much salt and bread from her hand, said Safar.
Tiyreni tuz damıbıznı aşab turğan adamları bügün qanlıla bolub çıqdıla, – dedi.The people of the neighborhood who all this time had been eating our salt and bread turned out today to be blood enemies, they said.

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