quyruq uçu kibik
/qujruq utʃu kibik/
Literal translation
like the tip of a tail
Intended meaning
Said of someone of very short stature; a small, slight little person.
- Allah ayıp etmesin ansı, quyruq uçu kibik, Qurtaqulaq ulu da biz tanımağan jarqmatiş tüyüldü, endi tahtalağa örley aylanŋanlıqğa.God forgive me for saying it, but Kurtakulaq's son, no bigger than the tip of a tail, is no grandee we have never met, even if he is now taking to climbing up onto the platforms.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 332