oğartın sermerge

/oʁartɯn sermerɡe/

Literal translation

to swing from above

To claim a standing one does not have, carrying oneself as superior toward someone who is in fact the stronger party.

Közüne jetgeninde, oğartın sermey turğan qatın, saylağan – sayğa dep, sülderi tüşdü.When it finally caught up with her, the woman who had been putting on airs was crestfallen — as they say, the one who keeps picking ends up with the dregs.

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