tilin tutarğa
/tilin tutarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to hold someone's tongue
Intended meaning
To get the better of someone in an argument and leave them with no chance to answer.
- Dobay tıŋılab turub, ol sözle ötürükdüle degenley, ol [Mahmut] körgüztgen zatlanı oqudu, anı üsü bla ua Dobaynı tilin tutdu.Dobay listened, and just as he said those words were lies, he [Mahmut] read out the documents he had produced, and with them he left Dobay with nothing to say.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary