kursun tawusurğa
/kursun tawusurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to finish one's course
Intended meaning
To have learned something long ago and know it inside out — said especially of a bad habit or a piece of cunning one is already thoroughly familiar with.
- Ol ırğajikleni biz da kursun boşağanbız dep, içlerinden ışara, başların silkdile.Saying that they too had finished the course on those little hooks, they shook their heads, smiling to themselves.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary