başına ururğa taş tapmazğa
/baʃɯna ururʁa taʃ tapmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to find a stone to strike one's own head with
Intended meaning
To be unable to manage or make a living without someone else's help.
- Sizge jetmey, başıbızğa ururğa taş tapmaybız, – dedi Zawra."Without turning to you, we can't find a stone to strike our own heads with," said Zaura.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 112
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 49