atı aytılğan altınlı
/atɯ ajtɯlʁan altɯnlɯ/
Literal translation
gilded one whose name is spoken
Intended meaning
Praised far beyond what is deserved; famed by reputation rather than by real worth.
- «Peçorin» dep qaydan da çığardıla, atı çıqğan altınlı degenley, qan saldıla.They somehow made him out to be a "Pechorin"; as the saying goes, a much-touted gilded one, and they laid it on thick.
Variants
- atı çıqğan altınlı
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 61