şintigin tanırğa

/ʃintiɡin tanɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to know one's own chair

Intended meaning

To behave with propriety, keeping within the bounds of one's own standing and not overstepping.
  • Qonaliy, şintigin tanıb, jerinde tura ese, Aydaruq, ullusunmay, aŋa barırğa kerek edi.If Qonaliy was keeping his place and behaving as he should, then Aydaruq ought to have gone to him instead of putting on airs.

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