qart börü
/qart børy/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
old wolf
Intended meaning
A long-practised wrongdoer; a habitual offender whose criminal experience makes him dangerous.
- İtden tuwğan qart börü, etgen amanlığım azdı dep, endi quturğandan tişirıwlanı türmege saldırıb tebiregendi.That old wolf, born of a dog, decided the harm he had done was too little, and in his frenzy has now begun having women thrown into prison.
Literal translation
old wolf
Intended meaning
A person of long experience who thoroughly knows the work.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 306
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 146
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 153