awuz çayqamdı bolurğa
/awuz tʃajqamdɯ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become mouth-rinsings
Intended meaning
To fall into disgrace by becoming the subject of people's malicious talk; to lose one's good name.
- Nawruz, qobdu da, işde erigib, kimni qabındırayıq dep turğan çamçı tanış tawlulağa awuz çayqamdı bolurun qulaqlamay, qonşu kirege Zuriyat bla nögerine atlandı.Nawruz got up and, paying no heed to becoming the gossip of the joking acquaintances who, bored at work, were looking for someone to needle, set off with Zuriyat and her companion on the neighbouring haulage trip.
- Qartlığımda meni awuz çayqamdı etib qoydula da... – dedi Berhan."In my old age they have made me the talk of everyone..." said Berhan.
Variants
- awuz çayqamdı eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 65
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 46