betin jerge qaratmazğa
/betin dʒerɡe qaratmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to make one's face look at the ground
Intended meaning
To keep someone from being shamed or disgraced, and so from being cast down.
- Ariwjanŋa ua, igi janımça, aŋılatıb ayt, süygenni-süymegenni arasında bizni betibizni jerge qaratmazça etsin.And to Ariuzhan, as to my own dear soul, explain it and tell her to act so that she does not shame us before friend and foe alike.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 120