atı-sanı bolurğa
/atɯ-sanɯ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for its name and count to exist
Intended meaning
To treat a task carelessly, doing it only for appearance's sake rather than properly.
- Üyretiw işni, atı-sanı bolsun demey, jer jerlede ahşı qurarğa kerekdi.Educational work must be organized well everywhere, not just for appearance's sake.
- Atı-sanı eterik esegiz, hans artıwğa barmağız, – dedi anaları qızlağa."If you are only going to do it for show, don't go to the haymaking," their mother said to the girls.
Variants
- atı-sanı eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 61