başında tayaq oynatırğa
/baʃɯnda tajaq ojnatɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to play a stick over someone's head
Intended meaning
To subject someone to prolonged suffering and oppression; to treat them with brutal high-handedness.
- Duşmanla uwuçlağan jerlerinde halqnı qıynağandıla, başlarında tayaq oynathandıla, artıqlıq etgendile.In the lands they seized, the enemies tormented the people, tyrannized them, and did them violence.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary