südlük-jolluq bolurğa
/sydlyk-dʒolluq bolurʁa/
Collocation
Literal translation
to become a court-and-road affair
Intended meaning
To take a matter or quarrel to law, and so end up entangled in court proceedings and their troubles.
- Sırbıt özeni Örüzmekni saban jerleri bolub qalğan edile. Jarnes unutmağandı, ellile köb kere qawğa etgen edile, Örüzmek bla südlük-jolluq da bolğandıla.The Syrbyt valley had ended up as Yoryuzmek's plowland. Zharnes had not forgotten it; the villagers had quarreled over it many times, and they had even gone to court with Yoryuzmek.
- Südlük-jolluq bolurğa başlağansız, süyüb aytama, balalarığızğa saq boluğuz!You have begun to land yourselves in court trouble; I say it meaning well — look after your children!
Variants
- südlük-jolluq eterge
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary