barmağıŋı awuzuna salma
/barmaʁɯŋɯ awuzuna salma/
Literal translation
do not put your finger in his mouth
Intended meaning
Said of someone who never backs down from what he says and shows no deference to anyone; do not trust him or give him an opening, because he will show no mercy.
- Ne bolub ketse da, qolay adam tüyül edi: bir da barmağıŋı eltib awuzuna salmağı ediŋ.Whatever else, he was not an easy man: you would certainly not go and put your finger in his mouth.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 91
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 126
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 58