başı bolğan
/baʃɯ bolʁan/
Literal translation
one who has a head
Intended meaning
Intelligent and sensible; having sound judgment about everything.
- Maşinası bolğan allay bir igidi, – dedi Nanda. – Başı bolğan andan da igidi, – dedi Alan."Someone who has a car is that well off," said Nanda. "Someone who has a head on his shoulders is better off still," said Alan.
- Harun, jarlı, qıral başına başı bolğannı saladıla."Harun, my poor fellow, they put a man with a head on his shoulders at the head of the state."
Variants
- başı bolğan adam
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 101
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 60