jağasına tiyişli
/dʒaʁasɯna tijiʃli/
Literal translation
fitting to one's collar
Intended meaning
To regard something as consistent with one's own worth and honour — commonly negated, of work or conduct felt to be beneath one.
- Qara işni jağaŋa tiyişli körmey eseŋ, jalan da qulluq izlerge kerekse.If you think menial work beneath you, then all you are after is an office.
- Alanı borbayların qıyğan Muratnı bla Jawharnı jağalarına tiyişli bolmağan jerlege urunŋanları tüyül edi.What had worn Murat and Dzhauhar down was not that they had put their hands to matters beneath their dignity.
Variants
- jağasına tiyişli körürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 169