ayaq kötürürge
/ajaq køtyryrɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to raise a foot
Intended meaning
To talk big and behave arrogantly, acting superior to others.
- Ol jıyılıwdan sora qaralağa bütün aman kün keldi, bayla ayaq kötürdüle.After that meeting even worse days came for the poor; the rich began to put on airs.
Literal translation
to raise a foot
Intended meaning
To depart from a place and settle elsewhere; to pick up and leave.
- Qıshalta bla üç-tört jaş, ıyıq boladı, elden ayaq kötürgenli.It has been a week since three or four young men with knapsacks left the village.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 84