soqur tırnağın da bermezge
/soqur tɯrnaʁɯn da bermezɡe/
Literal translation
not to give even his blind fingernail
Intended meaning
Used scornfully to declare that one of two people is worth nothing beside the other, not even their least part.
- Qızıŋa Amirbiyçigimi soqur tırnağın da bermeyme, eşitdiŋmi? – dep, Hajatnı qıçırğan tawuşuna Stampul jetdi."I won't give Amirbiychik's blind fingernail even for your daughter, do you hear?" — Stampul came up to the sound of Hajat's shouting.
Variants
- soqur tırnağın da alışmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 410