otundan-oğundan qoramazğa
/otundan-oʁundan qoramazʁa/
Literal translation
not to diminish anyone's firewood or arrows
Intended meaning
To cause someone no loss or injury; to leave a person none the worse off.
- Biz kir klasslada oquthanlıqğa, kimni otundan-oğundan qorarıqdı?Even though we teach in dirty classrooms, whose firewood and arrows will that cost? (i.e. whom does it harm?)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 380