gibirine kirirge
/ɡibirine kirirɡe/
Intended meaning
To deny oneself even what one needs and live in want out of extreme stinginess, though one has the means.
- Mülkü, haraketi köp, bergeni, alğanı joq, gibirine kirib aylanadı kesi ua.His property and goods are many, yet he neither gives nor takes — he himself goes about denying himself everything.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 151