üyde – kirpi, tışında – sıpı

/yjde – kirpi, tɯʃɯnda – sɯpɯ/

Literal translation

at home a hedgehog, outside sleek

Said of a person who is charming and well-behaved in public but grumbling, prickly and quarrelsome towards their own household.

Oğay, anam... Üyde jaşağannı üyge hayırı tiysin. Üyde – kirpi, tışında sıpı bolub, jaşaw qaçanŋa deri barlıqdı?! – dedi Bazarbiy."No, mother... Let the one who lives in the house be of use to the house. How long can life go on like this — a hedgehog at home and all smoothness outside?!" said Bazarbiy.

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