baş jürütürge
/baʃ dʒyrytyrɡe/
Literal translation
to carry a head
Intended meaning
To manage one's own life, getting by and knowing how to make a living.
- Men qorasam, sizni qalay baş jürütürügüznü bir körür edim."If I were gone, I'd like to see how you would manage to get by."
- Men a başın jürütürge Hoşunu aqılı joqdu dep tura edim.And I had been thinking that Khoshu had not the wits to make his own way.
Variants
- baş djürütürge
- baş tutarğa
- djanın djürütürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 94
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 61