qoydan juwaş bolurğa
/qojdan dʒuwaʃ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be meeker than a sheep
Intended meaning
To behave quietly and inoffensively, keeping one's boldness or ill temper out of sight.
- «Bılayda meni orunuma ol [Qantemir] bolsa, meniça köp tözmez edi! Men a, kerti da, qoydan juwaş bolub, esirik sandırawlarığızğa tıŋılap turama...» – dedi İman."If he [Kantemir] were in my place here, he would not have endured as long as I have! But I, truly, meek as a sheep, sit listening to your drunken ramblings..." said Iman.
Variants
- qoydan juwaş körünürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 315