bal tuthan barmağın jalaydı
/bal tutxan barmaʁɯn dʒalajdɯ/
Literal translation
the one who holds honey licks his finger
Intended meaning
Whoever does a job takes some extra benefit from it beyond the agreed pay.
- Bal tuthan barmağın jalaydı dep boş aythan bolmazla erttegilile. Nanıq, maroko jıyarğa barğanıbızda, iş haqıbıznı üsüne bizge ekişer kilogramm jilek da berdile.The old people surely did not say for nothing that the one who holds honey licks his finger. When we went to gather raspberries and wild strawberries, on top of our wages they gave us two kilograms of berries each.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 89