suwuq betden qararğa
/suwuq betden qararʁa/
Literal translation
to look from a cold face
Intended meaning
To feel dislike or ill will toward someone; to begrudge them and harbour malice.
- Ala, halqnı Sarbiyge suwuq betden qarağanın aŋılap, ol nelik bla bolğanın aŋılamaydıla.Realizing that the people regarded Sarbiy with hostility, they do not understand what it comes from.
- Kübürde ne bolğanı belgilidi! Açarğa ua... Sıylı zatha suwuq köz bla qararğa jaramaydı!It is known what is in the chest! But to open it... One must not look on a sacred thing with ill will!
Variants
- suwuq köz bla qararğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 417