qatınını etek tübüne buğarğa
/qatɯnɯnɯ etek tybyne buʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to hide under the hem of one's wife's skirt
Intended meaning
Of a man: to shrink from danger out of fear; said mockingly of a cowardly man.
- Bizni bla çığarğa qorqğan kişi bar ese, biz qaythınçı, qatınını etek tübüne buğub tursun, – dep, qart Çokay alanı aythanların hılikkya etdi."If there is a man afraid to ride out with us, let him hide under his wife's skirt until we come back," said old Chokay, deriding what they had said.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 310