aşaw bolurğa
/aʃaw bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to become food
Intended meaning
To fall into servile dependence on someone, living at their mercy and surrendering what one has to them.
- Ne az da allay adam tüşgenley, patçahlıqnı etegetlerine aşaw bolluqsuz.The moment even one such person gets in, you will be at the mercy of the tsar's lackeys.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 78