ayağı ayrı bolmazğa
/ajaʁɯ ajrɯ bolmazʁa/
Literal translation
for one's leg not to become forked
Intended meaning
Said reproachfully, to point out that doing something would cost the person no real hardship or effort.
- Alay talpısaŋ, jaşnı bügün keterin bile ediŋ, ertte turub ariwlasaŋ, ayağıŋ ayrımı bolluq edi?If you were so eager, you knew the boy was leaving today — would it have killed you to get up early and clean?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 79