başına tapmaznı ayağına tabarğa
/baʃɯna tapmaznɯ ajaʁɯna tabarʁa/
Literal translation
to find at one's foot what one could not find for one's head
Intended meaning
To gain a spouse far better than one deserves or could have expected.
- Başına tapmazlıqnı ayağına tapsa, adam etmezlik ne zatla bardıla deyse!When a man gets a wife far better than he deserves, what is there he would not do!
Variants
- başına tapmazlıqnı ayağına tabarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 112