uşkok ot iyisgemegen
/uʃkok ot ijisɡemeɡen/
Literal translation
who has not smelled gunpowder smoke
Intended meaning
Someone who has never been to war and has not experienced its hardships.
- Qaynaydı ol, uşkok ot iyisgemegen adam, ne sawluqlu da nek bolmaydı?He fumes, a man who has never smelled gunpowder smoke: why is he not in good health either?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 481