boy berirge

/boj berirɡe/

Idiom

Literal translation

to give one's body

Intended meaning

To let oneself be overcome by another person or by circumstances; to stop resisting, submit, and grow resigned or accustomed to it.
  • Bolsa da, Şaqmanları qorquthandıla, buyuqdurğandıla da, boy saldırğandıla.Even so, the Shakhmanovs threatened and cowed them, and made them give in.
  • Künle oza barğanları sayın, Mutay, qaraŋı jaşawğa bekden bek boy sala, aşırıb başlaydı zamannı.As the days went by, Mutay, giving in more and more to that dark life, began to while the time away.

Variants

  • boy salırğa
  • boy saldırırğa

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