burunun çüyürürge
/burunun tʃyjyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to turn up one's nose
Intended meaning
To boast and speak arrogantly, acting as though one were better than other people.
- Endi, onunçuğa ötgenbiz dep, burunlarığıznı çüeltib aylanığız.Now that you've moved up to the tenth grade, go around with your noses in the air.
- Tübeşgen jerde, alğın etiwçüleriça, burunların çüeltib, alanı qatları bla ozub ketmeydile... haparçı nöger boladıla [çankala jarlıla bla].When they meet, they no longer turn up their noses and walk past them as they used to — they become chatty companions [the nobles with the poor].
Variants
- burunun çüeltirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 148