başın keçindirirge
/baʃɯn ketʃindirirɡe/
Literal translation
to sustain one's head
Intended meaning
To support oneself by working and finding ways to get by.
- Grazhdan uruşnu keziwünde Şamiüh, qazaq stanitsada buğub, aqla bla küreşge qatışmay, başın keçindire aylanŋandı.During the Civil War Shamiyukh hid in a Cossack settlement, kept out of the fight with the Whites, and went about making a living for himself.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 106