qol boyarğa
/qol bojarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
to stain one's hand
Intended meaning
To take up a piece of work and set about doing it.
- İşge qol boyama, boyasaŋ, boyawça boya.Do not stain your hand with work; but if you do stain it, stain it the way a dyer does.
Idiom
Literal translation
to stain one's hand
Intended meaning
To have a hand in something wrong; to become mixed up in a disreputable affair.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary