üyütülgen baş kibik
/yjytylɡen baʃ kibik/
Literal translation
like a scalded head
Intended meaning
Said of a person whose head is bare — hatless and without hair on it.
- Kiew, üyütülgen baş kibik, gırhı jülünŋen başın enişge tutub kirgende: «Bir qalpaqmı quruğandı mıŋa?» – dep, Ferdawusnu tınçlıq tapmay turğan jüregi bütün da bek küydü.When the bridegroom came in like a scalded head, holding his closely shaven head down, Ferdauus's already restless heart burned all the more: «Was there not one cap to be had for him?»
Variants
- ütgen baş kibik (karachay)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 533