qara şaynı tutmazğa
/qara ʃajnɯ tutmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to be worth a black coin
Intended meaning
To be of very little value or importance; to count for nothing.
- Alay, ne eterikse, dert alıwnu biz bile kelgen amalları, jaşawnu kesini amalları bla teŋleşdirgende, qara şaynı da tutmaydıla.But what can you do — the ways of taking revenge that we have always known are not worth a black coin when set against life's own ways.
Variants
- qara şaynı bağası tutmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 303