közün kök eterge
/køzyn køk eterɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to make someone's eye blue
Intended meaning
To thrash someone, leaving them battered and bruised.
- Tınç tur, közüŋü kök eterme, ollahiy, – dedi ol mazallı jaş üsüne sekirirge küreşgen suwburun jaşha."Settle down, I'll blacken your eye, by God," said that burly young man to the snot-nosed boy who kept trying to jump him.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary