awruw-talaw demezge
/awruw-talaw demezɡe/
Literal translation
not to say "sickness and plague"
Intended meaning
To refrain from saying anything bad to someone or scolding them.
- Siz busağatda meni qayğılı tüyülsüz, bir biribizge awruw-talaw demegenley qaldıq."You are not worried about me right now — we ended up never saying a harsh word to one another."
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 63