tırnağın tutmazğa
/tɯrnaʁɯn tutmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to hold someone's fingernail
Intended meaning
To fall far short of another person's worth; to be vastly inferior to someone.
- Qıçırma! Sen meni birsi kelinlerimi tırnaqların da tutmaysa.Don't shout! You are not even a match for my other daughters-in-law.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 465