sapda tohtamağan baltaça
/sapda toxtamaʁan baltatʃa/
Literal translation
like an axe that does not stay on its handle
Intended meaning
A flighty, undependable person who sticks to nothing — neither a promise nor a task; said mockingly.
- Antım alaydı. Men, sapda tohtamağan baltaça, birin saylap, anı süyüp qalmay, har körgenimi süyüp barama.That is my oath. I, like an axe that will not stay on its handle, do not choose one and love her alone, but go on loving every woman I lay eyes on.
- Sabında turmağan balta kibik, men suqlanmağan huner joq edi.Like an axe that will not stay on its handle, there was no craft I did not covet.
Variants
- sabında tohtamağan baltaça
- sapda turmağan baltaça
- sapda tohtamağan balta kibik
- sapda tohtamağan baltalay
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 390
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 174