amanŋa bel baylarğa
/amanŋa bel bajlarʁa/
Literal translation
to gird one's loins for the bad
Intended meaning
To let oneself go and refuse to work; to give oneself over to slothful, bad ways.
- Başığıznı kereksiz oyumla bla ser etib, amanŋa bel baylamağız da, kereklisiça işlegiz – ol sağatda jeter jalığız qarınığızğa.Don't numb your heads with useless thoughts and give yourselves over to idleness; work as you should, and then your wages will fill your bellies.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 43