atdan tüşüb, eşekge minerge

/atdan tyʃyb, eʃekɡe minerɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to get down from a horse and mount a donkey

To move down from a high post to a lower one.

Alay: «Barı da qarab turğanlay, atdan tüşüb, ıylıqsınmay, eşekge qalay mineyim?» – dep, Aliy alay sağış etedi.And so Aliy thinks to himself: "With everyone looking on, how am I to get off the horse and mount the donkey without shame?"

to get down from a horse and mount a donkey

To do something unworthy of one's own standing or dignity.

Ow künüm, Aliy qalay etib qoydu ol kesine kelişmegen işni: atdan tüşüb eşekge mindi da, — dep jilyamsıradı Surat."Oh, woe is me, how could Aliy have done a thing so unworthy of him: he got off the horse and mounted the donkey," Surat sobbed.

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