qara çöpge tergemezge
/qara tʃøpɡe terɡemezɡe/
Literal translation
not to count as a black speck
Intended meaning
To attach no value whatever to something; to regard it as utterly cheap or insignificant.
- Ant eteme, tüz jüregimi aytayım, üy oyulğanın, ırıshı qorağanın qara çöpge da tergemeyme, aşıqdım, jaŋıldım, meni üydegimi ölümden qutharğan itden boşadım, üy kerek entda tabılır, anıça it endi tabılmaz.I swear, let me speak straight from my heart: I count the house collapsing and the property lost as not worth a black speck. I rushed, I was wrong — I finished off the dog that saved my family from death. A house can still be found, but a dog like that will not be found again.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 303