eşek tınçayğanı elek ağaç kötürmez
/eʃek tɯntʃajʁanɯ elek aʁatʃ køtyrmez/
Literal translation
a donkey that has taken its ease will not lift [even] a sieve's wooden rim
Intended meaning
A lazy person is of no use for anything.
- Eşek tınçayğanı elek ağaç kötürmez dep, qızını erinçekligine anası bek jarsıydı."A donkey that has taken its ease will not lift a sieve's wooden rim," said the mother, deeply grieved by her daughter's laziness.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 526