çoyun tübünde ösgen
/tʃojun tybynde øsɡen/
Literal translation
grown up under the cauldron
Intended meaning
A destitute person who gets by on other people's leftovers and charity; a dependent hanger-on.
- Bekmurza em anı çoyun tübün jalap jaşağanla Saniyatnı etin aşarğa uğay demezliklerin ala ahşı biledile.They knew well that Bekmurza and those who lived off his scraps would not refuse to eat Saniyat's flesh.
Variants
- çoyun tübün jalap jaşağan
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 496