eçkige tük çıqsa, qaltırawuq bolur
/etʃkiɡe tyk tʃɯqsa, qaltɯrawuq bolur/
Literal translation
if hair grows on a goat, it will become a shiverer
Intended meaning
The more a person prospers, the more miserly and grasping they become.
- Ol künleni açıwuna endi azıqğa, ne ahşı aş bar ese, anı eteme, uwalsala, uwalsınla. Eçkige tük çıqsa, qaltırawuq bolur dep eterge süymeyme.Out of bitterness at those days, now whatever food, whatever good dish there is, I make it; if it goes to waste, let it go to waste. I do not want to act on the saying that a goat which grows hair turns into a shiverer.
Variants
- qotur eçkige tük çıqsa, qaltırawuq bolur
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 525