mıyıqları üsünde bolurğa
/mɯjɯqlarɯ ysynde bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's moustaches to be upon him
Intended meaning
To consider oneself a real man, with the honour and resolve that claim carries.
- Meni mıyıqlarım üsümde bolsala, qara Qaraçaynı mından jayawlay keterça eterme.If I am a man indeed, I will make all Karachay leave this place on foot.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 359