tük qondurmazğa
/tyk qondurmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to let a hair settle (on someone)
Intended meaning
To allow no blame or reproach to touch someone, defending them and taking their side.
- Sizni mında üsüne tük qondururğa unamağan tükençigizça, hurjunun tolturğanŋa ne da bir arba jügü nartüh urlağanŋa süd eterge statya bardı, sizniçala bla ua ...For the man who stuffed his pockets, or who stole a single cartload of maize — like that shopkeeper of yours here, on whom you will not let a hair settle — there is an article of law to put him on trial, but for the likes of you ...
- Ata jurtuŋu, ata taşıŋı sıylamasaŋ, milletiŋi namısın-sıyın biyik tutub, alağa tük qondururğa qorqub jürümeseŋ, başhalağa sen ne igilik etallıqsa?If you do not honour your fatherland and your ancestral stone, if you do not hold your people's honour and dignity high and go about afraid to let a hair settle on them, what good can you do for anyone else?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 469