awuzun juwmazğa
/awuzun dʒuwmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to wash one's mouth
Intended meaning
To eat nothing at all; to go without food and be famished.
- Üyde azıq eterge adam bolmay, tüneneli beri awuzumu da juwmay turama.With no one at home to prepare food, I have not had a bite since yesterday.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 69