sen qıptı, men qoy
/sen qɯptɯ, men qoj/
Literal translation
you are the scissors, I am the sheep
Intended meaning
Said by someone who puts themselves wholly in another's power, having no choice but to do whatever that person decides; the other is free to do as they wish.
- Ol aqbaş kişi: «Sen – qıptı, men – qoy, keçginlik tilerge kelgenme», – dep bildirdi bosağadan oquna.That white-haired man announced from the very threshold: "You are the scissors, I am the sheep — I have come to ask forgiveness."
Variants
- sen qıptı, men qoy derge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 396
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 203