qaşına salırğa
/qaʃɯna salɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
to put onto someone's eyebrow
Intended meaning
To leave someone in the lurch by failing to do what was promised, so that the matter falls through and they are left with nothing.
- Qandawur a, allında boşlarğa söz berib turğanlay, boljalı jetgen kün unamay, Temurqanı qaşına salıb qoyğandı.And the mediator, having promised all along to settle it, refused when the appointed day came and left Temurqa high and dry.
- Ma, janım, qız qaşıbızğa salmadı ese, – dedi bir inzhener bir inzhenerge."There you are, my dear, if the girl hasn't let us down," one engineer said to another.
Idiom
Literal translation
to put onto someone's eyebrow
Intended meaning
To get ahead of someone and beat them in a contest or in work.
Variants
- qaşına jetdirirge
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary