başı bla atlarğa
/baʃɯ bla atlarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to step over someone's head
Intended meaning
To surpass someone, getting ahead of them and going further than they did.
- Oquw janı bla biz Adraynı onunçu klassdan arı barmazlıq sunuwçu edik. Bu ua köbübüznü başıbız bla atladı.In terms of schooling we used to think Adray would go no further than the tenth grade. But he outdid most of us.
- Uğay, qatınŋa munu başı bla ozğan qızla da tabarsız.No, for a wife you will find girls who surpass this one too.
Variants
- başı bla awarğa
- başı bla ozarğa
- başı bla barırğa
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary