batağağa aşırırğa
/bataʁaʁa aʃɯrɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to send (someone) off to the pit
Intended meaning
To put someone to death; to do away with someone and be rid of them for good.
- Pravlenden muhur alıb kelib, qartnı arı eltib, gözenŋe jıyarğa bolluqdula, anı qoy, batağağa aşırıb ierge da uyalmazla.They could fetch a stamp from the board office, drag the old man off there and shut him up in a hole — never mind that, they would not even be ashamed to send him to his grave.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary