araların buzmazğa
/aralarɯn buzmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to spoil the space between them
Intended meaning
To preserve a friendly, equal relationship with someone and avoid damaging it.
- Hadijat, kelini bla jaşını araların buzmaz üçün, jüregi ne bek qıynalsa da, eşitgenin sezdirmedi.So as not to spoil the relationship between her daughter-in-law and her son, Khadizhat, however badly her heart ached, gave no sign of what she had heard.
- Alay sözügüz arağa kirmegendi, anı bla arağıznı buzmazğa dep turğansız.But your word did not come between you; you meant to keep from spoiling your relations with him.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 48