boyun salırğa

/bojun salɯrʁa/

Idiom

Literal translation

to lay down one's neck

To do whatever another person orders, becoming their servant or slave.

Ortançı jaşım: «Atam, men bolşeviklege qoşulurğa kerekme», – dep ketgen edi. Artda ua aqla öltürgendile dep eşitdik. Endi bu jaşçıq bla men qalğanbız. Mından köb men biyge boyun salallıq tüyülme.My middle son left saying, "Father, I must join the Bolsheviks." Later we heard the Whites had killed him. Now only this boy and I are left. I will not submit to the bey any longer.

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