qolun juqğa tiydirmezge
/qolun dʒuqʁa tijdirmezɡe/
Literal translation
not to let one's hand touch anything
Intended meaning
To keep someone from doing any work at all, waiting on them instead.
- İslam aŋa [Kunağa] boluşurğa adırgı etedi. Alay Kuna unamaydı. «Uğay, uğay, uğay... Sen qonaqsa», – dep, qolun juqğa tiydirirge qoymaydı.Islam is eager to help her [Kuna]. But Kuna will not have it. Saying "No, no, no... you are a guest," she does not let him lift a finger.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 325