qarağa aqdı derge
/qaraʁa aqdɯ derɡe/
Literal translation
to say of black that it is white
Intended meaning
To state something the wrong way round, asserting the very opposite of how it is.
- Qarağa aqdı dep aytırğa qaydan qoluğuzdan keledi?How can you bring yourselves to say that black is white?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 303