tuwarda ösgen tuwardaq
/tuwarda øsɡen tuwardaq/
Literal translation
the one raised among cattle is a cattle-brute
Intended meaning
Said of a person who has no human manners and cannot conduct himself properly among people.
- Avtobus tohtağanlay, tuwarda ösgen tuwardaqla kibik, qollarında da pivo şeşaları bla bir dawurlu qawum kirdi.As soon as the bus stopped, a rowdy bunch came in with beer bottles in their hands, like brutes raised among cattle.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 463