çaynı çaynap içgenley
/tʃajnɯ tʃajnap itʃɡenlej/
Literal translation
as if drinking tea by chewing it
Intended meaning
Said mockingly of someone whose behaviour shows bad manners and ignorance; used to point out that a person is going about something ineptly.
- Çaynı çaynap içgenley etme, marja.Don't go about it like someone chewing tea to drink it, please.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 490