qanın içerge
/qanɯn itʃerɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to drink someone's blood
Intended meaning
To oppress and wear someone down, causing them lasting pain and misery.
- Sizni vlastığız boşalğandı! – dep qıçırdı jalçı. – Köpdü qanıbıznı içgenigiz!Your rule is over! — shouted the farmhand. — You have drunk plenty of our blood!
- Elbuzduq da, qanıbıznı içe, itlerine aş berse, bizge bermey, bu jahanim jaşawnu artı qaçan bolluqdu?And with Elbuzduq drinking our blood, feeding his dogs but giving us nothing — when will there be an end to this hellish life?
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary