tişlerin ağartırğa
/tiʃlerin aʁartɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to whiten one's teeth
Intended meaning
To smile or grin in a derisive, mocking way.
- Apsını kölü blamı quwandı anı bazarına ne da boş tişmi ağartdı, anı aŋılamay, Lüaza abızırap, aguman bolub süeldi.Whether Apsyn was glad in her heart at her trading or was just baring her teeth for nothing — not understanding it, Lyuaza stood there flustered and bewildered.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 456
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 224