kötenŋe keterge
/køtenŋe keterɡe/
Literal translation
to go to the backside
Intended meaning
To grow boastful and full of oneself, giddy with one's own success.
- Saw kel derge küsemeymise? Asırı ertte kötenŋe ketib, nasıbıŋa quwana bolurmusa? – dedi Muhtar Zuhurağa."Don't you care to say 'welcome back'? Gone to your head far too early, are you gloating over your good fortune?" Mukhtar said to Zuhura.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 270
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 132