kekeline qıraw qağarğa
/kekeline qɯraw qaʁarʁa/
Literal translation
for frost to strike one's forelock
Intended meaning
To begin to grow old, with grey appearing in one's hair.
- Alan, ortağızda kekeline qıraw qaqmağanığız da joq uşaydı da, kimni jıl sanına suqlanasa, Mazan? – dedi efendi.Say, it seems there is not one among you whose forelock the frost has not struck — so whose years are you envying, Mazan? — said the efendi.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 233