kapekge sanamazğa
/kapekɡe sanamazʁa/
Literal translation
not to count as a kopeck
Intended meaning
To regard someone or something as worthless and treat them with contempt.
- Teŋle bla olturğan jerde qızıl tümenlikleden onusun stolğa athannı ol kapegine da sanamaydı.When he is sitting with friends, he does not count it worth even a kopeck to throw ten of the red ten-ruble notes on the table.
- Avtomatnı üslerine burub, bir qawum adamnı öltürüb qoyğannı kapekge da körmey edile.They thought nothing of turning a submachine gun on them and killing a whole group of people.
Variants
- kapekge körmezge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 232