köküregin kötürürge
/køkyreɡin køtyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to raise one's chest
Intended meaning
To behave boastfully and haughtily, rating oneself far above others.
- «Har kimge da köküregiŋi kötürgenni qoy», – dep Hasanov anı üçünmü aythan edi?Was it about him that Hasanov said, "Stop puffing your chest out at everyone"?
- İmbaşlarında aq askerçi ofitserni pogonları jıltırağan bir jaş tawlu da baradı bu oramnı, köküregin turğuzub, başın kökge tutub.Down this street walks a young highlander too, a white-army officer's epaulettes glittering on his shoulders, chest thrown out and head held high to the sky.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 261