ot aşamazğa
/ot aʃamazʁa/
Literal translation
not to eat fire
Intended meaning
To not be so foolish or out of one's mind as to do something; to still have one's wits about one.
- Men atamdan anamdan ayırılıb a! Otmu aşağanma...Me, part from my father and mother! Have I eaten fire (am I out of my mind)...
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 377