közünde teregi bolğan çöbü bolğanŋa külgenley
/køzynde tereɡi bolʁan tʃøby bolʁanŋa kylɡenlej/
Literal translation
like one with a tree in his eye laughing at one with a speck
Intended meaning
Said of someone who mocks other people's faults while feeling no shame about their own, far greater, shortcoming.
- Közünde teregi bolğan çöbü bolğanŋa külgenley, Zuhura Jaşuevna kesini sözüne politika bağa biçalmaydı."Like the one with a beam in his own eye laughing at the one with a speck, Zukhura Zhashuevna cannot give her own words a political assessment."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 256