adam aythanŋa qaramazğa
/adam ajtxanŋa qaramazʁa/
Literal translation
not to look at what a person says
Intended meaning
To pay no heed to what others say and act on one's own judgement instead.
- Keçdi, quru kesiŋ qalıb ne etese? – dedile qartla. Alay Sosran alanı aythanlarına qaramadı.“It is late, what will you do staying here all alone?” said the old men. But Sosran paid no heed to what they said.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 20