aman tüşnü igige joralarğa
/aman tyʃny iɡiɡe dʒoralarʁa/
Literal translation
to read a bad dream as a good one
Intended meaning
To conceal how things really stand and make them out to be better than they are.
- Sılıwhan a, bileklerin örge etib, süt maşinanı bura, aman tüşnü igige joralağanlay, duşman zulmuluqnu oğurluluq sundururğa küreşe edi.And Sylyukhan, sleeves rolled up, turning the milk separator, was trying — as one reads a bad dream as a good one — to pass the enemy's cruelty off as kindness.
- «Uğay, kelmey qalay qalır?» – dep, Aymölek, aman tüşnü igige burğança etib küreşedi."No, how could he not come?" says Aymyolek, trying to put a good face on a bad business.
Variants
- aman tüşnü igige buyururğa
- aman tüşnü igige bururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 42