kölün alırğa
/kølyn alɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to take someone's heart
Intended meaning
To speak kindly to someone or praise them so as to comfort them and spare their feelings.
- Födor, qarab, Mazannı işi bir kesek tapsızıraq bolsa da, jaşnı kölün alama dep, mahtawçu edi.Fyodor, watching, would praise the boy even when Mazan's work was a little clumsy, saying he was lifting his spirits.
- Ollahiy, meni kölümü alırğa etese sen da.By God, you too are trying to console me.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary