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

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