birden eki bolmazğa
/birden eki bolmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to become two from one
Intended meaning
To hold firmly to what one has said and not back away from it in the least.
- Sen, Azret, er kişise, saŋa eki ülüş tiyişlidi, – dedi. Men çarlağan da etdim, alay a birden eki bolmadı."You, Azret, are a grown man, two shares are due to you," he said. I even lost my temper, but he would not budge from his word.
- Ne etib küreşsem da, men tüzme dep turğan bolmasa, anı birden eki etalmay edile.However hard I tried, he kept insisting that he was right, and they could not make him go back on his word.
Variants
- birden eki etalmazğa
- birden eki etdiralmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 135
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 56