tuz-gırjının aşarğa
/tuz-ɡɯrdʒɯnɯn aʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to eat someone's salt and bread
Intended meaning
To be kept and fed at another person's expense, enjoying the fruits of their labour and hospitality.
- Zamanında köp ariw sözün eşitgenme, qolundan köp tuz-gırjının aşağanma kelinni, – dedi Safar.In my time I have heard many a kind word from the bride, and eaten much salt and bread from her hand, said Safar.
- Tiyreni tuz damıbıznı aşap turğan adamları bügün qanlıla bolub çıqdıla, – dedi.The people of the neighbourhood who all this time had been eating our salt and bread turned out today to be blood enemies, they said.
Variants
- tuz-damın aşarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 461