beti bla oynarğa
/beti bla ojnarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to play with someone's face
Intended meaning
To humiliate someone publicly, treating their honor and good name with contempt; to make a mockery of a person.
- Oğay, oğay, alaysız da meni betim bla oynar üçün qalmağansız.“No, no, even without that you have missed no chance to drag my name through the mud.”
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary