bir betden qararğa
/bir betden qararʁa/
Literal translation
to look from one face
Intended meaning
To hold the same attitude toward all people, showing no favouritism between them.
- Ol kün Gans Şrayner alayda işlegenleni barına – nemetsine, rumınine da, jesirine, begewülüne da bir betden – körüb bolmağan betden qarab, qamiçi oynata edi.That day Hans Schreiner looked upon everyone working there – German and Romanian alike, prisoner and guard alike – with one and the same face, a face that could not bear the sight of them, and played with his whip.
Variants
- bir betden körürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 127