barmaq çüyürürge
/barmaq tʃyjyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to crook a finger
Intended meaning
To make fun of someone, deriding and taunting them openly.
- Jaşımı ızından teŋleri barmaq çüyüre, küle, qarawaşın qatınŋa alğandı dep, men sawdan aytdırmam, – dedi Goguş."While I live I will not let my son's friends mock him behind his back and laugh, saying he took his servant girl as a wife," said Gogush.
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 91