qolu bla berib ayağı bla alırğa
/qolu bla berib ajaʁɯ bla alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to give with one's hand and take back with one's foot
Intended meaning
To have to make repeated trips and go to great trouble to get back something one has lent out.
- Ol nege uşağan işdi: alğanı kibik, keltirib bersin, qolum bla berib, ayağım bla alırğa men nek kerekme?What kind of business is this: let him bring it back the way he took it — why should I be the one to hand it over and then wear out my feet collecting it?
Variants
- qoluŋ bla ber ayağıŋ bla al
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 323