ötürük jaramaz
/øtyryk dʒaramaz/
Literal translation
a lie will not do
Intended meaning
Parenthetical marker that what the speaker is about to say is said frankly and without concealment.
- Bitew etillik işleni jıyırma minut alğa boşadıq. Safarbiy, Soltan, master da quwandıla. Ötürük jaramaz. barıbıznı da halıbız igidi.We finished everything that had to be done twenty minutes early. Safarbiy, Soltan and the foreman were glad too. To tell the truth, all of us were in good spirits.
- Ötürükden ne hayır, içgini da allınça kötüralmayma.To be honest, I can't hold my drink the way I used to either.
Variants
- ötürükden ne asıw, ne hayır
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 167