etek kötürürge
/etek køtyryrɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to lift the skirt-hem
Intended meaning
To wait on someone in a servile way; to be someone's lackey.
- Hasawları Aydabollanı eteklerin kötürüb aylanıwçu edile.Their Khasaus used to go about carrying the Aydabollas' skirt-hems.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary