mıyıq tübünden külürge

/mɯjɯq tybynden kylyrɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to laugh from under one's moustache

To make fun of someone while keeping the ridicule half-hidden; to sneer at someone quietly.

Tawqan, jaşçıqlanı ne üçün dawlaşhanların aŋılap, mıyıq tübünden ışara: – Jaşçıqla, qoynu al baş tişleri bolmaydıla, – dedi.Taukan, realising what the boys were arguing about, smiled under their moustache: "Boys, a sheep has no upper front teeth," they said.
Mıyıq tübünden ışara, Nasıp bir tiymeydi qolğa…Smirking under its moustache, fortune never once comes to hand…

to laugh from under one's moustache

To let one's cheerfulness or delight show; to go about pleased and smiling.

Qujon, jarıq bolub, mıyıq tübünden küle aylanadı.Kuzhon, in high spirits, goes about with a smile under their moustache.

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