qannı qan bla juwarğa
/qannɯ qan bla dʒuwarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to wash blood with blood
Intended meaning
To take revenge for a killing by killing in return; to repay violence with equal violence.
- Közü qaralğan çeçenli işçi qıçırdı: «Osal ese da, qannı qan bla juwğan halqıbıznı töresidi!»The Chechen worker, his eyes darkened with rage, shouted: "Bad as it may be, avenging blood with blood is the custom of our people!"
- Qannı qan bla juwma, amannı aman bla quwma dep bıllay işge aytadıla… qannı qan bla juwarğa izlemeyme.It is of such an affair that they say: do not avenge blood with blood, do not drive out evil with evil… I do not want to avenge blood with blood.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary