işi bolmağan itleni suwğa sürür
/iʃi bolmaʁan itleni suwʁa syryr/
Literal translation
one who has no work will drive the dogs to the water
Intended meaning
A lazy person is no good for real work and fills the time with pointless busywork.
- E qız, awruŋ, işi bolmağan itleni suwğa sürür dep, üyüne uçhan tüknü uçurmağanla bir köp bolub ketgendile, jaŋız qarındaşım ölmesin! Ne da ayt, jiger tüyüldüle.Oh girl, bless you — as they say, the one with nothing to do drives the dogs to the water: people who will not blow away a speck of down that has drifted into their own house have grown very many, may my only brother live! Say what you will, they are not hard workers.
Variants
- işi bolmağan itleni suwğa süre edi
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 231