ot alırğa kelgen kibik
/ot alɯrʁa kelɡen kibik/
Literal translation
as if one had come to fetch fire
Intended meaning
Said to someone who rushes off almost as soon as they have arrived, as a reproach urging them to stay and sit a while.
- E jaş, ot alırğamı kelgense, alay üyümü eşigin japdırmay da turmaysa da...Hey lad, have you come to fetch fire? You never stay long enough for me to shut the door of my house...
Variants
- ot alırğa kelmegen eseŋ
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 376