saylağan – sayğa
/sajlaʁan – sajʁa/
Literal translation
the one who chose — into the shallows
Intended meaning
Someone who is too particular in choosing ends up with the poorer lot; excessive selectiveness brings a bad outcome.
- Saylağan – sayğa deydile. Qallay işlenŋen qızla, qallay bolumlu adamla kesleri awuzları bla tiley edile!They say the chooser ends up in the shallows. What well-bred girls, what capable people asked for him with their own mouths!
Variants
- köp izlegen azğa
- saylağan – tazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 385
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 198