tırnağına jetmezge

/tɯrnaʁɯna dʒetmezɡe/

Literal translation

not to reach someone's fingernail

To be vastly inferior to the person one is compared with, who is many times better, richer, more honourable or finer.

Anı tırnağına da jetmegenle – Patçahla, biyle, hanla… barı Keslerine altın qalala işletib, Jaşadıla bezirey, altın kiyib.Those who were not worth his fingernail – tsars, lords, khans… all of them had golden castles built for themselves and lived in luxury, clad in gold.

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