otdan ülüş alğan
/otdan ylyʃ alʁan/
Literal translation
having taken a share of the fire
Intended meaning
Energetic and capable; full of drive and able to find a way in any situation.
- Tanımaymıdı jigit Jağafarnı? Qalay bazınadı ol [Mahay] öltürürge Janŋan otdan ülüş alğan ulannı?Does he not know brave Jagafar? How does he [Mahay] dare to kill a young man who has taken his share of the blazing fire?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 379