betinde juq oqulmazğa
/betinde dʒuq oqulmazʁa/
Literal translation
for nothing to be read on one's face
Intended meaning
For a person's feelings to be impossible to discern from their expression — whether they are glad, angry, or anything else.
- Anı [tişirıwnu] betinde qayğısından, sağışından sora juq oqulmaydı.On her [the woman's] face nothing could be read but her worry and her brooding.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 121