qalğa edi başı
/qalʁa edi baʃɯ/
Literal translation
would his head be left over from someone
Intended meaning
Used to assert that someone has nothing to fear from a particular person or thing; a defiant dismissal of a supposed threat.
- Andan qalğa edi başıŋ! Tambla, işge bara, ekibiz da kirib, Marjanları qalay tura esele da, bir köre keterbiz, – dedi Mahmut Samatha."You have nothing to fear from him! Tomorrow, on our way to work, the two of us will go in and have a look at how their corals are," Makhmut said to Samat.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 288