jağasına jabışırğa
/dʒaʁasɯna dʒabɯʃɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to cling to someone's collar
Intended meaning
To go after someone aggressively, ready to come to blows with them.
- Qayğını üsünde bolmasala, Hasannı jağasına jabışırğa hazır edile.Had they not been in the middle of the quarrel, they were ready to go for Hasan's throat.
- Irıshım üçün qarındaşlarım bir biri jağalarına jabışhan keziwlerinde, men da jarsıwlarıma kirdim.While my brothers were at each other's throats over my property, I too sank into my sorrows.
Variants
- jağasına ilinirge
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary