hıpıy-sıpıy eterge
/xɯpɯj-sɯpɯj eterɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Intended meaning
To refuse to submit and behave in an unruly, insolent way.
- İşibizge, jumuşubuzğa tabılsaŋ – nasıbıŋ, hıpıy-sıpıy etseŋ a, tüz da quş jumaruqnu julqğanlay... – dedi."If you turn up for our work, for our errand, lucky you; but if you act up, it will be just like an eagle plucking a partridge..." he said.
Intended meaning
To carry out a job in a hasty, careless and disorderly way.
Variants
- hılı-mılı eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 489
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 221