eşigi qaysı janından açılğanın bilmezge
/eʃiɡi qajsɯ dʒanɯndan atʃɯlʁanɯn bilmezɡe/
Literal translation
not to know which side their door opens from
Intended meaning
To have nothing to do with someone: never setting foot in their home, keeping up no friendship, and taking no part in their joys or their troubles.
- Ahuzat a, asırı jüregi qıynalğandan, qayın qızını eşigi qaysı janından açılğanın bilmeydi.And Akhuzat, out of sheer heartache, does not know which side their sister-in-law's door opens from.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 527