ters tüeginden basarğa
/ters tyeɡinden basarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to press on someone's wrong peg
Intended meaning
To deliberately stir someone up and make them angry by touching on the thing that irritates them most.
- ...Zeytupnu kim ese da ters tüeginden bashandı, bek açıwlanıb turadı....Someone must have pressed Zeytup's wrong peg — he is very angry.
- Aslaŋeriyni birsi tüeginden basıb, jaşla şaytanlı ete edile.Pressing Aslangeriy's other peg, the lads were working him into a fury.
Variants
- birsi tüeginden basarğa
Sources
Show sources
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary