uzun tilli
/uzun tilli/
Idiom
Literal translation
long-tongued
Intended meaning
Inclined to talk too much and to carry tales about other people; a chatterbox and a tattler.
- Sen a uzun tillileden köreme da! Alay, Harun, ötürüknü jolu jarım arşından arı barmaydı.So I see you are one of the long-tongued ones! But, Harun, a lie's road goes no farther than half an arshin.
- Sol janıbızdağı honşubuzğa sorsağız: Jabo qızı uzun tillidi der.If you ask our neighbor on the left, they will say that Zhabo's daughter has a long tongue.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary