qars uruwçula
/qars uruwtʃula/
Literal translation
clappers of hands
Intended meaning
People who approve of whatever another person says and praise him insincerely; sycophants.
- Bir-eki qarındaş boluwçu edile da, ala da, kimni tarısı köp bolsa, anı çöplewçü tawuğu bolub, eki betlile aythanŋa qars uruwçula edile.There used to be a brother or two, and they too, becoming the hen that pecks at whoever's millet was most plentiful, were the ones who applauded whatever the two-faced ones said.
Variants
- birewge qars uruwçula
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 305