ot salırğa
/ot salɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to set a fire
Intended meaning
To do someone evil or injury, causing them grief; to trouble or provoke them, working them up into agitation.
- Tatlını bıllay aqıl sözlerin eşitib, men kesi kesime sağış etgenme: «Qaçan da bolsun Muhtar alağa bir ot salır». Süyse ol üylerin jandırsın, süyse jüreklerin küydürsün, bir bişirmey a qoymaz.Hearing such wise words from Tatly, I thought to myself: "Sooner or later Muhtar will do them harm." Let him burn down their houses if he wishes, let him scorch their hearts if he wishes — but he will not leave without scalding them.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary