kakasın kötürürge

/kakasɯn køtyryrɡe/

Intended meaning

To talk big and act superior, pushing one's own importance above others.
  • «Az malımmı zıraf ketdi Şaqmanlağa? Bolmaçı zat üçün kakasın kötürür da, üyüne barır», – dep sağışlandı Tawqan."Was it just a little of my livestock that went to waste on the Shakhmanovs? He will put on airs over a trifle and then go home," Taukan thought.
  • Ol tapsız adam boş taban kötüredi qayınlarına.That tactless man puts on airs before his in-laws for no reason at all.

Variants

  • tabanın kötürürge

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