tiş bilerge
/tiʃ bilerɡe/
This expression has 3 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
to whet one's teeth
Intended meaning
To nurse resentment against someone and wait for a chance to get even.
- Bablina İslamğa, tişlerin biley, oğursuz qaradı. «Muhammatnı oğu da qaplamadı seni, endi ullu Allah kesi qaplasın», – dep, içinden qarğış etdi ol aŋa.Nursing a grudge, Bablina looked at Islam with malice. "Muhammat's bullet did not cut you down — now may great Allah cut you down himself," Bablina cursed at him inwardly.
- İlyas Jağafarğa tiş bileydi.Ilyas is nursing a grudge against Jagafar.
Idiom
Literal translation
to whet one's teeth
Intended meaning
To be filled with anger at something; to rage inwardly.
- Atlı da, jayaw da alğınça jaşaw sürgenlerin körüb, kesi ua hayt degen zamanında töşek bolub qalğanına tiş biley, bügünŋü qadarına çamlana, mudah boladı.Seeing that riders and walkers alike go on living as before, while they themselves, at the very height of their strength, have been left bedridden, they seethe with anger at it, rage at their present lot, and grow despondent.
Idiom
Literal translation
to whet one's teeth
Intended meaning
To make oneself ready for a fight or a quarrel; to arm oneself for a confrontation.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary