kesin kişige teŋ etmegen
/kesin kiʃiɡe teŋ etmeɡen/
Literal translation
who does not make himself equal to anyone
Intended meaning
Puffed up with one's own importance; boastful and full of conceit.
- Kesin kişige teŋ etmey turğan bir jazıwçu: – Alan, kitabımı jaratdıŋmı? Qol ızıma tiyişli bağa berallıqmısa? – dep, közüne qaradı.A certain writer, one who held nobody their equal, looked them in the eye and said: "Say, did you like my book? Can you give my work the price it deserves?"
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 237
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 118