qaphın qazan eterge
/qapxɯn qazan eterɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to make a trap cauldron
Intended meaning
To subsist on stolen goods, eating up livestock and property taken from others.
- Qıyamıtda jalda turğan jalçıları bir awuzdan alay aytadıla: «Kesini malları ıstawatha sıyınmay turğanlay, keçe başha sürüwleden mal urlatıb, qaphın qazan etib turğandı».His hired farmhands at Kyamyt all say the same thing with one voice: "Though his own herds would not even fit in the pen, at night he had livestock stolen from other flocks and lived off the plunder."
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary