it qushanın jalağanlay
/it qusxanɯn dʒalaʁanlaj/
Literal translation
as a dog licks up what it has vomited
Intended meaning
To do something unseemly and blameworthy, unbecoming of a decent person.
- Owoy, owoy, talanŋa! Alan, ol a ne bir da men etmez işni etgen edi, it qushanın jalağanlay, barıb, aŋa qoşulmasa, başha tişirıwmu quruğan edi mıŋa? – dedi Mahmut."Oh no, oh no, ruin take it! Man, they went and did a thing I would never do at all — like a dog licking up its own vomit, going off and taking up with that woman; had every other woman run out for them?" said Mahmut.
Variants
- it qushanın jalağança
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 226