ötü tabanında bolğan
/øty tabanɯnda bolʁan/
Literal translation
one whose gall is in the sole of his foot
Intended meaning
Said of someone with no courage or backbone — timid, faint-hearted and slack.
- Ötü tabanında bolğan adamladan tüyüldü Hajset, sınay turğanma, – dedi atam."Hajset is not one of those men whose gall sits in their heel, I have been putting him to the test," said my father.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 167