söz aralarında qalırğa
/søz aralarɯnda qalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for the word to remain between them
Intended meaning
To tell no one what one has heard, holding it inside oneself.
- Alay, kertiligin-ötürüklügün bilmeyme da, söz kesi arabızda qalsın dese, sora ol söz, sen anı jaymazğa ne bek küreşseŋ da, ol qadar bir terk jayılır.Still, I don't know whether it's true or false, but once someone says "let the word stay just between us," then that word, however hard you try not to spread it, will spread all the faster.
Variants
- söz birleni aralarında qalırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 399