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.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 503
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 230