sen tülkü eseŋ, men a quyruğuma
/sen tylky eseŋ, men a qujruʁuma/
Literal translation
if you are a fox, then I am your tail
Intended meaning
Said in retort to warn that one will not be outdone or taken in by another's craftiness and scheming.
- Siz tülkü esegiz, men a – quyruğu, – dep, Alim jorlulanı çabıwların buzadı, oŋ bermeydi."If you are the fox, then I am its tail," — with that Alim breaks up the pacers' run and gives them no chance.
- Ol tülkü ese, men a quyruğuma. Bizge kerekli zatlanı janın qoluna aldırıb aytdırırma.If he is a fox, then I am his tail. I will make him tell us the things we need, wringing it out of him.
Variants
- birew – tülkü, men – quyruğu
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 397