betine uyalğanlay eterge
/betine ujalʁanlaj eterɡe/
Literal translation
to do it as though ashamed before one's own face
Intended meaning
To do something carefully and well, so as to have no cause for shame about it later.
- «Har işiŋi adamlıqğa boysundur. Ne işni, oyumnu da betiŋe uyalğanlay et», – dewçüsü bügün da esimdedi ustazımı."Subordinate all your work to decency. Whatever the task or the plan, do it so you need never be ashamed of it" — I still remember my teacher saying that today.
- Ayt haparıŋı, süyünçüŋü ua betime uyalğanlay eterme.Tell me your news, and I will give you your reward for it so well that I need not be ashamed.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 122