atasın tuwrağan gırjınŋa satmağandı
/atasɯn tuwraʁan ɡɯrdʒɯnŋa satmaʁandɯ/
Literal translation
did not sell his father for sliced bread
Intended meaning
Said of someone who did not fail to mourn the death of a parent; a person naturally grieves for their own father or mother.
- Birsile da ataların tuwrağan gırjınŋa satmağan uşaydıla da, – dedi Mutay."The others too, it seems, did not sell their fathers for sliced bread," said Mutay.
Variants
- anasın tuwrağan gırjınŋa satmağandı
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 59