andan qalğa edi başım
/andan qalʁa edi baʃɯm/
Literal translation
my head was left over from him
Intended meaning
Used dismissively to say that one has nothing to fear from someone; that person poses no threat at all.
- Açıwlu janşar, aç aşar dep, Naldüz meni söz bla qorquturğa küreşedi, alay ol meni esimde da joqdu. Andan qalğa edi başım.Naldyuz tries to frighten me with words, as they say an angry man talks and a hungry man eats, but he is not even on my mind. As if I had anything to fear from him.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 46