jarlını sözü çapıraqdan ötmez
/dʒarlɯnɯ søzy tʃapɯraqdan øtmez/
Literal translation
a poor man's word will not pass through a leaf
Intended meaning
No attention is paid to what a poor or powerless person says; their words carry no weight.
- Niçego! Ekinçide adaqalıqnı qoyarsa. Küreşgen edim. Jarlını sözü çapıraqdan ötmeydi ansı.Never mind! Next time you will drop the cockiness. I did try — it is just that a poor man's word does not pass through a leaf.
- Kyazim «Jaralı juğuturnu» jazğan zaman – «jarlını sözü çapıraqdan ötmez» degen zaman bolğandı.The time when Kyazim wrote "The Wounded Tur" was a time of "a poor man's word does not pass through a leaf".
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 187