uruçunu başında ot janar
/urutʃunu baʃɯnda ot dʒanar/
Literal translation
a fire will burn on the thief's head
Intended meaning
A thief or wrongdoer will betray his own secret; guilt cannot be hidden.
- Fedya, uruçunu başında ot janar dep, tawlulada söz bardı.Fedya, the mountain people have a saying that a fire burns on a thief's head.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 479