bir qoluŋ bla bir qoluŋu kesgenley
/bir qoluŋ bla bir qoluŋu kesɡenlej/
Literal translation
as if cutting off one of your hands with your other hand
Intended meaning
Said of harming a member of one's own family or people, which damages oneself as much as the victim.
- Kesi adamına adam qalay hata etedi, bir qolu bla bir qolun kesgença?How can a person harm his own kin, as if cutting off one of his hands with the other?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 132