başına urmazğa
/baʃɯna urmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to strike onto one's head
Intended meaning
To derive no benefit or use from something; to find it good for nothing.
- Adam bilimni adamları, jaşağan jeri üçün aladı. Alaysız bilimni başıŋamı urluqsa?A person acquires knowledge for the sake of his people and the land he lives in. Otherwise, what use would knowledge be to you?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 112