qızbaydan janı çığadı
/qɯzbajdan dʒanɯ tʃɯʁadɯ/
Literal translation
his soul goes out from cowardice
Intended meaning
Said of a man who is extremely timid and faint-hearted.
- Qızbaydan janıŋ çığadı da sen qorqaq maskeni, nasıbıŋ alay bolsun.Cowardice pours out of you, you cowardly wretch — may your fortune be just like that.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 343