jerin tanırğa

/dʒerin tanɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to know one's place

To be aware of one's own strength and standing, and so not to overreach or behave presumptuously.

«Jaş – toyğa, qart – nığışha», – dep, janım, jeriŋi bir tanırmeŋ? Qartlığında kesin asırı ayawsuz etgen da ıspaslı bolmaydı."The young man to the wedding feast, the old man to the elders' bench" — my dear, won't you recognize your own place? A man who drives himself too hard in his old age earns no praise either.
Betiŋe uyalsaŋ a! Ol seni eki ögüzüŋü kesgen bazınmay etmegendi. Endi tıyıl, jeriŋi tanı!Have some shame! He did not slaughter those two oxen of yours without daring to. Now stop, and know your place!

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