otunçunu açıwu burununda

/otuntʃunu atʃɯwu burununda/

Literal translation

the woodcutter's anger is on his nose

Intended meaning

Said of someone worn down by hardship who flares up at the slightest thing.
  • Qoyuğuz bu kereksiz söznü. Sapiyat da, harip, bir tişirıw, otunçunu aç açıwu – burununda degenley, jumuşuna, malına, başına jetişalmay söleşedi.Drop this pointless talk. Sapiyat, poor thing, is only a woman; as they say, the woodcutter's hungry anger sits on his nose — she talks that way because she cannot keep up with her chores, her livestock, her own self.
  • Otunçunu aç açıwu burununda degenley, sizni tebib kelgenigizden da haparım bolmay, men üsügüzge bir oyulayım dep tura edim.As they say, the woodcutter's hungry anger sits on his nose — knowing nothing of your having set out to come, I was about to come down on you in a rage.

Variants

  • otunçunu aç açıwu burununda
  • otunçunu açıwu erininde
  • otunçunu açıwu burununu uçunda (къарачай)

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