buqu qondurmazğa
/buqu qondurmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to let dust settle
Intended meaning
To keep someone or something free of blame or criticism, treating them as honourable and letting no one speak ill of them.
- Aperim, Hajibekir ulu, sen horladıŋ! – dedi erişiwnü bardırğanlanı tamatası. – Seni ilyaçin közüŋ mından arısında da bizni quwandıra tursun, uşkoguŋa buqu qonmasın."Well done, son of Hajibekir, you have won!" said the head of the contest organizers. "May your falcon eye go on gladdening us from now on as well, and may no dust settle on your rifle."
Variants
- buqu qaqdırmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 146