oqaları uwalmaz
/oqalarɯ uwalmaz/
Literal translation
his gold braid will not crumble
Intended meaning
Said mockingly to insist that someone is not too good for a task and will lose no dignity by doing it, so they should not be too lazy or too proud to get on with it.
- Hoy-hoy, hoy! Nawruz qızını oqaları uwalmağa edile! Ötürükmü aytama?! Qaydadı ol halqğa jürüy biliwü?"Hey, hey, hey! Nauruz's daughter would have lost nothing by it! Am I lying?! Where is her knack for getting on with people?"
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 370