üyde – kirpi, tışında – supu
/yjde – kirpi, tɯʃɯnda – supu/
Literal translation
at home a hedgehog, outside a saint
Intended meaning
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 supu 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 a saint outside?!" said Bazarbiy.
Variants
- üyde – kirpi, tışında – sıpı
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 530