tüknü tükge jalğarğa
/tykny tykɡe dʒalʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to splice one hair to another hair
Intended meaning
To manage what one owns thriftily and carefully, without wasting any of it, so that it lasts and goes as far as possible.
- Tüknü tükge jalğarğa kerekdi, alaysız adamğa ırıshı qonmaydı. Tay asıramağan atha minmeydi, – dedi Bazarbiy."You have to make every last bit count, otherwise wealth never settles on a person. Whoever doesn't raise a colt never gets to ride a horse," said Bazarbiy.
Variants
- tüknü tükge baylarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 471