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.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 39
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 21