kesim degen
/kesim deɡen/
Literal translation
who says "myself"
Intended meaning
Said of someone who thinks only of themselves and puts their own wishes above everyone else's.
- Mahaç Dadaevni kesini qama çığarğan zavodu bardı. Qalğanlaça, kesim dep turmay, halqnı jarlılığına jarar üçün qalmağan, revolütsiyanı işine jan awruthan adamdı.Makhach Dadaev has a factory of his own that turns out daggers. Unlike the rest, he does not go about saying "me"; he has spared nothing to relieve the people's poverty, and he is a man who takes the work of the revolution to heart.
Variants
- kesim degen adam
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 236
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 125