eşigi tartılsın

/eʃiɡi tartɯlsɯn/

Idiom · Formula · Curse

Literal translation

may his door be pulled shut

Said in cursing someone, wishing that their home be left empty and their line come to nothing.

«Sen silegeylini eşigiŋ tartılsın, adamnı ızından, mant başı jabışhança, tağılıb aylana eseŋ», – dedi içinden Jantemir qızı."May your door be pulled shut, you driveler, if you trail after a man, clinging to him like a burdock head," said Zhantemir's daughter to herself.

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