kagı bolmağan jerge qalağın suğarğa
/kaɡɯ bolmaʁan dʒerɡe qalaʁɯn suʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to dip one's ladle where there is none of his dried meat
Intended meaning
To involve oneself in an affair that is none of one's business.
- Kagı bolmağan jerge qalağın suğuwçuladan tüyülme. Kommunist borçumdan artha ua turluq sunmağız, – dedi Mariyam Kuraevna."I am not one of those who dip their ladle where none of their own food is. But don't think I will back away from my communist duty," said Mariyam Kurayevna.
Variants
- bastası bolmağan jerge qalağın suğarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 232