harsına tepsemezge
/xarsɯna tepsemezɡe/
Literal translation
not to dance to someone's clapping
Intended meaning
To refuse to do what another person tells one to do, and to decline to take their side.
- Men bir zamanda da kişi harsına tepsemegenme.I have never in my life danced to anyone's clapping.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 485
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 218