qatınladan güttü urlağança
/qatɯnladan ɡytty urlaʁantʃa/
Literal translation
as if stealing a flatbread from the women
Intended meaning
Said of petty theft — the taking of small, trifling things.
- Men beri hatağa çıqmağanma, anı bek ariw bilesiz, qatınladan güttü urlağança, kündüz hıçinlerin aşap, iŋirde iynegin sürüb, jilyata, ayıpnı maŋa salıb keterge qalay boladı? Ol a jaramaz!I did not come up here to do harm, you know that perfectly well — how can it be right, like stealing a flatbread from the women, to eat her khychins by day, drive off her cow in the evening, leave her weeping and lay the blame on me? That will not do!
Variants
- qatınladan güttü urlağan kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 310
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 157