boyunun tartsaŋ, bir tamıçı qan çıqmaz
/bojunun tartsaŋ, bir tamɯtʃɯ qan tʃɯqmaz/
Literal translation
if you drew (cut) his neck, not one drop of blood would come out
Intended meaning
Said of a person so overcome with anger or distress that every trace of colour has drained from their face.
- Asiyatnı, asırı qanı buzulğandan, boyunun tartsaŋ, bir tamıçı qan çıqmaz edi. Bolsa da, awuzun qısıb, mugurayıb tura edi.Asiyat was so beside herself that if you had cut her neck, not a drop of blood would have come out. Even so, she kept her mouth shut and stood there glowering.
Variants
- boyunun kesseŋ, bir tamıçı qan çıqmaz
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 143