mıyığım joqdu
/mɯjɯʁɯm dʒoqdu/
Literal translation
I have no mustache
Intended meaning
Said as an oath: the speaker stakes their standing as a man on carrying out what they promise, or on events turning out as they say.
- Kelir jıl bılaynı tirligin men jıymasam, meni mıyığım joqdu.If I don't bring in this place's harvest next year, then I'm no man.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 358