çıqmağan çabırlıq kibik
/tʃɯqmaʁan tʃabɯrlɯq kibik/
Literal translation
like a piece of shoe-leather that did not turn out
Intended meaning
Said of a person or thing that is of no use whatever, fit neither for one purpose nor another.
- Alan sen, çıqmağan çabırlıq kibik, ne zat eseŋ da, Veralağa tiyme.Listen, you good-for-nothing, whatever you are, leave Vera's people alone.
- Musa, – dedi Mısaka ulu, – çıqmağan çabırlıqnı tarthanlay, arı-beri bura turmay, açıq söznü aytırğa süeme."Musa," said Mysaka's son, "instead of twisting this way and that, like tugging at a piece of shoe-leather that did not turn out, I want to say it plainly."
Variants
- çıqmağan çabırlıqnı tarthanlay
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 497