qıyıq qararğa
/qɯjɯq qararʁa/
Literal translation
to look crooked
Intended meaning
To regard someone with disapproval or hostility; to view them badly.
- Ala, Dadaş jıyının körgende, qaşların tüyüb, alağa qıyıq qaradıla.When they saw Dadash's band, they knitted their brows and looked at them with disapproval.
- Qarındaşla qıyıq qaraşdıla.The brothers looked askance at one another.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 344