atı birni – antı bir
/atɯ birni – antɯ bir/
Literal translation
the one whose name is one, his oath is one
Intended meaning
Said of someone who keeps faith and stands by what he has promised.
- «Aslannı bolğan jerin körgüztsem da, awuzu ariw söleşgenligine, ne igilik eterik bolur ol?» Atı birni – antı bir degença, ol künden sora Temirjannı jüregine tüşüb qaldı igilik etmezligi."Even if I show him where Aslan is, what good will he do, for all his fair speech?" As the saying goes, a man of one name is a man of one oath — from that day on it settled in Temirzhan's heart that he would do no good.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 61