at ayağan bet tapmaydı

/at ajaʁan bet tapmajdɯ/

Literal translation

one who spares his horse finds no face

A miserly person earns no respect or good standing among others.

Jıyından birew jırlab başladı: «At ayağan bet tapmaydı, Janmırza! Tohta alay, andan arı jol joq saŋa! Oho-ho-hoy-y, ho-o-o, ho-o-y!»Someone from the gathering struck up a song: "He who spares his horse finds no honour, Zhanmyrza! Stop there, there is no road onward for you! Okho-kho-khoy-y, kho-o-o, kho-o-y!"

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