jaşamağanlay, amma bolurğa
/dʒaʃamaʁanlaj, amma bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become a grandmother without having lived
Intended meaning
Of a child: to be cleverer or more knowing than suits one's age.
- Zalimhan, Tsutsağa jütü qarap: – Egeşçigim, asırı köp bilmeymise? Jaşamağanlay, amma bolub qalğansa da, – dedi.Zalimkhan, looking sharply at Tsutsa, said: "Little sister, don't you know rather too much? You've turned into a grandmother without having lived."
Variants
- jaşamağanlay, ınna bolurğa
- jaşamağanlay, appa bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 190