tili açı
/tili atʃɯ/
Literal translation
his tongue is bitter
Intended meaning
Harsh and ill-natured in speech; given to saying cutting, wounding things.
- Ötürük söz haramdı, tili açı tüyül edi Hanımsatnı.A false word was forbidden to her; Hanymsat was not sharp-tongued.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 450