çibin sıthanŋa körmezge
/tʃibin sɯtxanŋa kørmezɡe/
Literal translation
not to regard (something) as squashing a fly
Intended meaning
To pay no attention to something and let it cause one no concern; to treat a matter as utterly trivial.
- Kesini biylik jerine barğan adam bolsa ua, anı urub, öltürüb qoyğan aŋa [Altınçaçha] çibinni sıthança da tüyüldü.And if it is a man who has set foot on her own domain, then striking him down and killing him is, for her [for Altynchach], not even as much as squashing a fly.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 494