biçaq ursaŋ, qan çıqmaz
/bitʃaq ursaŋ, qan tʃɯqmaz/
Literal translation
if you strike with a knife, no blood will come out
Intended meaning
Of a person: so overcome with anger that the face has gone bloodlessly pale.
- Sahay boş jerde oquna, biçaq bla ursaŋ, qan çıqmaz derça açıwlanıwçudu.Sakhay would get angry even over nothing, so that you would say no blood would come if you struck him with a knife.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 137