başın qutharırğa
/baʃɯn qutxarɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to save one's head
Intended meaning
To keep oneself out of harm and misfortune; to get oneself to safety.
- İgi qarındaşım kibik, men sorğan zatlağa juwab et da, başıŋı janŋan otdan quthar.[Taubiy:] Like a good brother of mine, answer what I ask and save yourself from the burning fire.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 107