taşdan, ağaçdan da ters bolurğa
/taʃdan, aʁatʃdan da ters bolurʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to be more at fault than even stone and wood
Intended meaning
To be entirely in the wrong; to bear the whole of the blame or guilt for something.
- Nelikden degende, leytenant aythanŋa köre, men alaylay da kelinlikni allında taşdan-ağaçdan da tersme.Because, going by what the lieutenant said, even so I am entirely in the wrong before the bride.
- Men taşdan, ağaçdan ters bolğanma, keç meni,-dep tiledi Muradin."I am wholly to blame, forgive me," Muradin pleaded.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary