awuzun tıyarğa

/awuzun tɯjarʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

to restrain someone's mouth

To force someone into silence by overcoming their objection, leaving them with nothing to answer.

Da ştabda barı ölgenleni bile esele, birsileni nek sormaysa da? – dep, endi bu [Atay] Egewnü awuzun tıydı."Well, if they know at headquarters that everyone died, why don't you ask about the others?" — with that, [Atay] silenced Egeu.
«Awuzun tıymağan adam qalay amandı», – dedi Husey içinden kesi kesine."How bad a person is who does not hold his tongue," Husey said to himself inwardly.

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