qarançhasına qars qağarğa
/qarantʃxasɯna qars qaʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to clap one's hands to someone's shadow
Intended meaning
To flatter someone and defer to them in everything, doing whatever they say in order to curry favour.
- «Strajnikleriŋ a senden da qorqaqdıla. Ala jalan da seni qarançhaŋa qars qağadıla».[Aslan:] "Your guardsmen are even more cowardly than you. They do nothing but fawn over you."
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 304