ullu başın gitçe eterge

/ullu baʃɯn ɡittʃe eterɡe/

Literal translation

to make one's big head small

To act beneath one's own dignity, stooping to the level of a worthless person and trading words with them.

Qoyçu, Allahıŋ üçü, alanı. Kesew bla ol birsini üsünden söleşeme dep, ullu başıŋı gitçe etme! – dep tiledi Mahmut Mazandan.Leave them be, for God's sake. Don't lower yourself, saying you will discuss that other man with Keseu! – Makhmut begged of Mazan.

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