başın örge tutarğa
/baʃɯn ørɡe tutarʁa/
Literal translation
to hold one's head up high
Intended meaning
To consider oneself better than everyone else; to be conceited and boastful.
- İbrahim, anı [juwaplılıqnı] aŋılab, bir türlü başın örge tutub, mahtançaqlıq etmey, işlegeninden da igi işlegen bolmasa, aman işlemey, bir qawum maydal da aladı.Ibrahim, understanding it [the responsibility], without putting on airs in any way or boasting, works no worse than anyone — if no one works better — and even receives a number of medals.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 105