burunun kötürürge
/burunun køtyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to raise one's nose
Intended meaning
To behave arrogantly, treating oneself as superior to everyone else.
- Gınttılı adam burunun kötürürge, kimge da ullu söleşirge, at başından qararğa uyalmaz, kesini qolundan a juq kelmez.A conceited person is not ashamed to put on airs, to talk big to anyone, to look down on people from on high — yet nothing comes of their own hands.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 148