ne betden körünürükse
/ne betden kørynyrykse/
Literal translation
with what face will you appear?
Intended meaning
Used to reproach someone whose conduct ought to shame them: how can you face people after doing that?
- Menden bılay nek qorqasa, Rabiyğa? Saŋa ne betden körünŋenimi bir bilsem edi, – dedi Nürjan.Why are you so afraid of me, Rabiygha? If only I knew what I had done to be ashamed before you, said Nyurdzhan.
- Ömürüŋde birewnü kapegin hurjunuŋa salmay kelib, endi ua, bılay etseŋ, halqğa ne bet bla qararıqsa?Having gone your whole life without putting another's kopeck in your pocket, if you act like this now, how will you face the people?
Variants
- ne bet bla qararıqsa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 364