quyruq bulğarğa

/qujruq bulʁarʁa/

Literal translation

to wag the tail

To invent excuses in order to get out of doing work; to shirk a task.

Jaşla, menden da igilik bla qaytsın, bılanı arbağa ata barığız, – dep tiledi kişi. Jaşla quyruq bulğadıla."Lads, may good come back to me too — go and load these onto the cart," the man asked. The lads made excuses.
Dobay halqğa igi janın aytırıq tüyüldü, anı sözüne iynanmağız. Ol, tülkü kibik, quyruğun arı-beri bulğaydı, – dedi Sapar."Dobay is not going to say anything good for the people, don't believe his word. Like a fox, he wags his tail this way and that," said Sapar.

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