çiy bermezge
/tʃij bermezɡe/
Literal translation
not to give a raw spot
Intended meaning
To keep one's secret or weak point hidden, giving no hint of it to others.
- «Bügün çiyibizni bildirsek, bıla andan sora ömürde da başıbızdan tüşmezle», – dep oyum etedi."If we give our secret away today, they will never get off our backs again," he thought.
- Endi qatın, çiyim çığadı dep qorqadı da, ekinçi kere da hıyla quraydı.Now the woman, afraid that her secret would come out, contrives a trick a second time as well.
Variants
- çiyin bildirmezge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 495