üyünden itin çığarmaz
/yjynden itin tʃɯʁarmaz/
Literal translation
he would not put his dog out of his house
Intended meaning
Said of weather so wet and stormy that no one would set out from home.
- Ol degen nedi? Oramda jel uradı, jawun, buhçaqdan quyğança, ayawsuz jawadı. Bıllay kün ahşı ie üyünden itin da çığarmaz, – dedi anası.What do you mean? The wind is blowing in the street, the rain is pouring down mercilessly, as if poured from a pail. On a day like this a good master would not even put his dog out of the house, their mother said.
Variants
- üyünden itin qıstamaz
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 532