satıb alğan kibik
/satɯb alʁan kibik/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
as if bought
Intended meaning
Said of something reckoned or priced as very costly.
- Satıb alğan kibik, az bağalı etdiŋ bu kürekni!As though you had bought it yourself — you have put quite a price on this shovel!
Literal translation
as if bought
Intended meaning
Said of a child who is forever ill and gives the household no rest.
- Bu sabiy awruğandan qutulmaydı, satıb alğan kibik.This child is never free of illness, as if he had been bought.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 391