urusu, börüsü bolmağan
/urusu, børysy bolmaʁan/
Literal translation
having no thief and no wolf
Intended meaning
Said of a person who never encroaches on what others have earned and lives by their own labour; honest and upright.
- Tanışım, urusu, börüsü bolmağan, asıl adam, taw elleni birinden kelgen edi.My acquaintance, an upright man who lived by his own labour, a fine person, had come from one of the mountain villages.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 478
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 232