meniça kim bardı
/menitʃa kim bardɯ/
Literal translation
who is there like me
Intended meaning
To carry oneself arrogantly and boast about oneself.
- Endi ol [Musos], meniça kim bardı dep, ay körgen ebize kibik, başın kökge kötürüb, mahtanıb baradı.Now he [Musos], as if to say "who is there like me", goes about boasting with his head thrown up to the sky, like an ogre that has caught sight of the moon.
Variants
- meniça kim bardı derge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 356