kişi qoluna qaramazğa
/kiʃi qoluna qaramazʁa/
Literal translation
not to look at another's hand
Intended meaning
To support oneself without asking others for what one needs, and so avoid becoming dependent or beholden.
- Ol qızıl tümençikleriŋi, jarlı sabiyiŋ uzaq jerlede kişi közüne qaramazça, toğuzusun-onusun anı atına köçür.Transfer nine or ten of those red ten-rouble notes into his name, so that your poor child need not look to anyone else's hand in far-off places.
Variants
- kişi qoluna qaratmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 274