uwuçu tolu qurt bolsa da...
/uwutʃu tolu qurt bolsa da.../
Literal translation
even if his cupped palm is full of worms
Intended meaning
Enjoins a child to bear even the heaviest care of their father and mother uncomplainingly, however far the parents have declined.
- Adamnı atası-anası uwuçu tolu qurt bolsa da, ullu köllü bolurğa jaramaydı, alanı qıyınların qaytarıb, kişi ölmeydi.Even if a person's father and mother have their palms full of worms, one must not be haughty toward them; no one has ever died from repaying what they did for you.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 480