başına madar etgen

/baʃɯna madar etɡen/

Literal translation

made a remedy for his own head

To find a way out for oneself; to provide for one's own needs and manage one's own affairs without relying on others.

Bir kün jaşlanı anaları: – Jaşlarım! Endi meni da köresiz: halını alıb, iynege suwuralmayma. Başığızğa madar etigiz! – dedi.One day the boys' mother said: "My sons! You can see how I am now: I take the thread but cannot pass it through the needle. Fend for yourselves!"

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