körmegenim ol oquna bolğa edi
/kørmeɡenim ol oquna bolʁa edi/
Literal translation
if only that had been the one thing I never saw
Intended meaning
To speak slightingly of something and regret having anything to do with it.
- Quwut qapçıqnı qoratdı, ne eteme anı körüb, körmegenim, ol oquna bolğa edi.He made off with the sack of toasted meal — what do I care for having seen it, I wish it were the one thing I had never laid eyes on.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 269