quyruğuŋ, qulağıŋ meni kibik
/qujruʁuŋ, qulaʁɯŋ meni kibik/
Literal translation
your tail and your ears are like mine
Intended meaning
Said in telling someone that they are now as grown as the speaker and must rely on themselves instead of on the speaker.
- Qoyan üç künden sora: «Quyruğuŋ, qulağıŋ meni kibik, bar, baş amalıŋı kör!» – degendi balasına.After three days the hare said to its young: "Your tail and your ears are like mine — go, look to your own devices!"
Variants
- quyruğuŋ-qulağıŋ meni kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 331
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 169