başına at ururğa
/baʃɯna at ururʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
for a horse to strike one's head
Intended meaning
To be deceived or to err — to misjudge a situation and be led astray, later regretting it.
- Men başına at urğan, alanı ötürüklerine iynana da, alağa sawğalanı bağadan-bağaların al da ber, hayda sıyla.And I, taken in, believing their lies, kept buying them the costliest of gifts and feasting them.
- Ay, başıma at urğan a! Tura edim jata, qaydan çıqdı hata?!Oh, how I was taken in! I was lying there quietly — where did this trouble come from?!
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary