ayağın suwuq suwğa jetdirmezge
/ajaʁɯn suwuq suwʁa dʒetdirmezɡe/
Literal translation
not to let someone's foot reach cold water
Intended meaning
To cause someone no trouble or hardship; to keep another from suffering any difficulty.
- Elqargide Masafnı adamla tanığanlı, ol qıyın iş etib kişi körmegendi, elge qıyınlıq kelgende, kesin asırağan bolmasa, ayağın suwuq suwğa kiyirmegendi.Since people came to know Masaf in Elqargi, no one has seen him do a bad deed; when trouble came to the village, apart from looking after himself, he caused no one any hardship.
Variants
- ayağın suwuq suwğa kiyirmezge
- ayağın suwuq suwğa tiydirmezge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 83