jarasın aşlandırırğa
/dʒarasɯn aʃlandɯrɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to fertilize someone's wound
Intended meaning
To stir up someone's past grief or suffering, bringing an old pain back to life.
- Aŋa jarsıw bla kelgenleni jumuşaq, jılı sözleri qartnı eski jaraların aşlandıradıla, ol bütünda bek küedi, sıtıladı.The soft, warm words of those who came to him with condolences fertilize the old man's old wounds, and he burns and aches all the more.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary