igilikge – amanlıq

/iɡilikɡe – amanlɯq/

Literal translation

for good — evil

Intended meaning

Said when a person repays another's kindness with harm, slander or ill-will instead of thanks.
  • Dağıda Gunda aman aytmağan, til etmegen adam qalmadı, igilikge – amanlıq degen ma oldu, Goşahan.What is more, there is not a person left whom Gunda has not spoken ill of or slandered; "evil for good" — that is exactly this, Goshakhan.
  • Maŋa büsürewnü, alğışnı ornuna sabiylerimi satadı, igilikge — amanlıq deb, ma bıllayğa aytadıla.Instead of thanks and blessing for me, they betray my children; it is of just such a case that people say "evil for good".

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