quyruqlu qağıt
/qujruqlu qaʁɯt/
Idiom
Literal translation
paper with a tail
Intended meaning
An official paper that brings trouble with it — a summons, an order for someone's arrest, or the like.
- Aslankir bla Hasannı haparların eşitgen bolur ediŋ, anı tutub jiber dep, töbentin kün sayın bir quyruqlu qağıt keledi.You have probably heard the talk about Aslankir and Hasan — every day another paper with a tail comes up from below, saying arrest him and send him over.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary