tepsi tübü bla jaşarğa
/tepsi tyby bla dʒaʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to live by way of the underside of the table
Intended meaning
To live by eating another person's leftovers and handouts; to subsist as a sponger in someone else's household.
- Qanşawbiyni tepsi tübünde semirgendi da, butaqları bir urulmasa, quturub keterikdi.He has fattened up under Kanshaubiy's table, and unless his limbs get a whack, he will run wild.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 443