aşhığa-amanŋa jeterge

/aʃxɯʁa-amanŋa dʒeterɡe/

Idiom

Literal translation

to reach good-and-bad

Intended meaning

To fail to settle a matter peaceably and end up quarreling or fighting over it.
  • Bahçanı çegin, ahşığa-amanŋa jetib, küçden ayırdıla alğın tatlı boluwçu honşula.The neighbors, who used to be on good terms, marked out the garden boundary only with difficulty, after coming to blows over it.

Variants

  • ahşığa-amanŋa jeterge (balkar)

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