ayağından alırğa

/ajaʁɯndan alɯrʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

to take from someone's leg

To deprive someone of their strength or footing and leave them helpless, unable to answer back or resist.

«Sen [Mariya] asırayallıq tüyülse, ömürüŋde sabiyiŋ bolmağandı. Mıŋa ua emçek kerekdi», – dep, alay bla meni ayağımdan alırğa murat etdi."You [Maria] will not be able to raise it, you have never had a child in your life. And this one needs the breast," he said, and so intended to cut me off at the knees.

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