uruçunu hurjunu teşik bolur
/urutʃunu xurdʒunu teʃik bolur/
Idiom · Proverb or saying
Literal translation
a thief's saddlebag will have a hole in it
Intended meaning
Property gained by theft brings no blessing: it does not stay with the one who took it, and the wrongdoing itself cannot stay hidden and is found out sooner or later.
- Kimni ırıshısı kimge nasıp beredi, uruçunu hurjunu teşik bolur dep, ne bay ese da, aŋa kişi suqlanmaydı.Whose wealth ever brought anyone happiness? Saying that a thief's bag has a hole in it, however rich they may be, no one envies them.
- Uruçunu hurjunu teşik bolur degenley, ol qıraldan urlağan ahçaçığı belgili bolub, Abdullahnı qağıtları qırpaq etib kelgen jerge aşırdıla.Just as they say that a thief's bag has a hole in it, the bit of money stolen from the state came to light, and Abdullah's papers were sent off to a land where the snow comes in flurries.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 479