awuzu quyruq kesmewçü
/awuzu qujruq kesmewtʃy/
Literal translation
one whose mouth cuts the fat tail
Intended meaning
Bitingly sharp-tongued and ill-natured; someone whose words wound.
- Bügünŋe deri semiz kesiwçü awuzu kerekli kün «qaydamdan» sora söz aytırğa jaramadı.Until today that fat-tail-cutting mouth of his, on the day it was needed, could manage no word beyond "who knows".
Variants
- awuzu bla semiz kesiwçü
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 67