haram-halal dep

/xaram-xalal dep/

Idiom

Literal translation

saying 'forbidden or permitted'

Intended meaning

To come to an open confrontation over who is in the right and who is in the wrong, ending in words and a quarrel.
  • Harun ajım etib da küedi: haram-halal dep süelse, ol Rahaynı tıyarğa bolluq edi.Harun burns with regret as well: had he stood up and had it out over right and wrong, he could have stopped Rahay.
  • Abusalam atasına aylanıp, birinçi kere juwap etdi. Ata bla bala haram-halalğa jetişdile.Abusalam turned to his father and answered back for the first time. Father and son had it out over right and wrong.

Variants

  • haram-halal dep süelirge
  • haramğa-halalğa jetişirge

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