söz jutmazğa
/søz dʒutmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to swallow a word
Intended meaning
To answer and hit back without deference, embarrassment or fear, instead of keeping silent.
- Jaşla qızlağa laqırda etedile. Qızla da, söz jutmay, kesleri keziwlerine qulluqçu jaşlanı samarqawların artığı bla qaytaradıla.The young men are joking with the girls. And the girls, giving as good as they get, pay the serving lads' mockery back with interest when their turn comes.
- Starşinağa söz jutmağanıŋı igi etgense.You did well not to let the sergeant-major have the last word.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 401