tebinseŋ, jer tepdirirça tebin
/tebinseŋ, dʒer tepdirirtʃa tebin/
Literal translation
if you stir, stir so as to make the earth shake
Intended meaning
Let whatever you do and say be solid and weighty; undertake nothing by halves.
- Endi ol kesini umutun da, aqılın da aytallıqdı. Tebinseŋ, jer tepdirirça tebin deydile.Now they can speak out both their hope and their mind. They say: if you stir, stir so that the earth shakes.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 439