başımı köbedi

/baʃɯmɯ købedi/

Literal translation

has my head swollen?

Intended meaning

Blunt rhetorical retort rejecting a task that the speaker sees as someone else's to do, implying the other person is simply too lazy to do it.
  • Söleşirge süygen, arağa çığıb, sözün halqğa aŋılatırğa başımı köbedi?"Whoever wants to speak can step forward and put his word to the people — why should I be the one to do it?"

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