tilin tuzluqğa ururğa
/tilin tuzluqʁa ururʁa/
Literal translation
to dip one's tongue in the brine
Intended meaning
To chatter about matters that are none of one's business; to spread gossip about other people.
- Haparçı qatınla da, tillerin tatıran tuzluqğa ururğa tapmasala, saŋıraw bolub qalır edile.And the gossiping women, if they found no chance to dip their tongues in the savoury brine, would have been left deaf.
Variants
- tilin tatıran tuzluqğa ururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 452