sıyı bla
/sɯjɯ bla/
Literal translation
with one's honour
Intended meaning
Peaceably and in good grace, while matters are still on good terms — before things turn sour or go past the proper limit (of doing something).
- Endi bu sıyım bla keteyim da, artdaraq kelirme, – dep, çığıb tebiregenimley: «Sabır bol, sen mında huliganlıq etgense», – dep, predsedatel bilegime jabışdı."Let me leave now while things are still on good terms, and I'll come back later," I said, and just as I started out, the chairman grabbed me by the arm, saying: "Settle down, you've been making a scene here."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 420