soqur tırnaq
/soqur tɯrnaq/
Literal translation
blind nail
Intended meaning
A fingernail or toenail that has grown back in place of one that came off.
- Ana, balasını soqur tırnağı ketgenden ese, kesini qolu üzülürüne ırazıdı.A mother would sooner have her own hand torn off than have her child's newly grown nail come away.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 410