qazıq oynatırğa
/qazɯq ojnatɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to make a stake play
Intended meaning
To resort to violence — to act lawlessly, settle a score, or come to blows with someone.
- Bir jol, ol [qart qoyçu] bılayğa bek alğa kelgeninde, bu özenni üsünde ertte köb qazıq oynağandı, ullu tüyüşüwle bolğandıla dey keldi.Once, when he [the old shepherd] first came to this place, he went on to say that in the old days there had been a great deal of stake-play in this valley, that there had been big brawls.
- Men a bileme, sırtımda qallay qazıq oynarğa bolluğun, sen bilmeyse ansı, – dedi ol."I know well what sort of stake would be danced on my back — it is you who does not know," he said.
Variants
- qazıq oyun etdirirge
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary