erinin-burunun çüyürürge
/erinin-burunun tʃyjyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to turn up one's lip and nose
Intended meaning
To treat someone or something with open scorn; to mock and ridicule.
- Bekbolatnı iniçke sabiy ön bla qıçırıb jırlağanına barı da es burub tıŋılağan edile. Jalan da bayla erinlerin-burunların çüyüre edile.Everyone had turned their attention and was listening to Bekbolat singing out loud in a thin, childlike voice. Only the rich were curling their lips and noses at him.
Variants
- erinin-burunun çüerge
- erinin-burunun çüeltirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 519