iynege halı suwura bilmezge
/ijneɡe xalɯ suwura bilmezɡe/
Literal translation
to not know how to draw thread into a needle
Intended meaning
To have no skill in sewing or cutting out cloth; to be unable to do needlework.
- Mayna, qızı Erkehan, kerti bedişlik bolub, üyüne da jıyılmay aylanadı. Jıyırma jılı jetgen qız iynege halı suwura bilmeydi, juqğa jaramaydı, – dedi Jannet."Look at her daughter Erkehan, she has become a real disgrace, roaming about without even coming home. A girl who has turned twenty cannot sew a stitch, she is good for nothing," said Dzhannet.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 224