itge çabır etgen kibikdi

/itɡe tʃabɯr etɡen kibikdi/

Literal translation

it is like making a rawhide sandal for a dog

Said of work or kindness spent to no purpose, on someone or something that cannot repay or appreciate it.

Öhtemligi bolmağan adamğa igilik etgeniŋ itge çabır etgen kibikdi. Sabet vlast anı [Musabiyni] adamğa qoşarğa azmı küreşgendi? – dedi Ekkyay.Doing good to a person who has no self-respect is like making a rawhide sandal for a dog. Did Soviet power try so little to make a human being of him [Musabiy]? — said Ekkyay.

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