aman aqıllı

/aman aqɯllɯ/

Literal translation

bad-minded

Intended meaning

Crafty and devious; skilled at trickery and keeping one's real intentions hidden.
  • Sözge usta, aman aqıllı, tülkü matallı Hamzat Baqsanuqanı qarap-qarağınçı qoluna jıyar dep ışanadı.Hamzat — a master of words, cunning, fox-like — trusts that he will have Baqsanuqa in his hands in no time at all.
  • Boynaq ayıw oğursuz boladı, aman aqıllı.A collared bear is vicious, a cunning one.

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