huna teşikden çıqmazğa
/xuna teʃikden tʃɯqmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to come out of a hole in a stone wall
Intended meaning
To be of respectable descent and standing, no lower in personal or family rank than anyone else — said when insisting on one's own or another's dignity.
- Bizni ua Allah jaratmay, kim jarathandı? Sizden qalğanla ua huna teşikdenmi çıqğandıla? – dedi Gonday."And who created us, if not God? Did everyone apart from you come out of a hole in a wall?" said Gonday.
- Ol da [Qanşaw] huna teşikden çıqmağandı, unutmaz igiligiŋi, – dedi Adıham."He too [Qanshau] did not come out of a hole in a wall; he will not forget your kindness," said Adykham.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 487