kişi sözüne qarawçu
/kiʃi søzyne qarawtʃu/
Literal translation
looking to another's word
Intended meaning
Said of someone who does not think for themselves and is talked into anything by whoever happens to speak to them.
- «Kişi sözüne qarawçu adam uyalırğa tüşüwçüdü, sen da alay bolub qalma», – dep, aqıl üyretedi anası jaşına."A person who goes by what others say ends up ashamed; don't you turn out that way too," his mother counsels her son.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 274