tonluq tüşürürge
/tonluq tyʃyryrɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to bring down enough for a fur coat
Intended meaning
To kill or wipe out people or animals, inflicting deadly losses on them.
- Ol eki pariy köb jolda börü jıyınla bla sermeşgendile em köb jolda aladan tonluq tüşürgendile.Those two mastiffs fought with wolf packs many times, and many times they killed some of them off.
- Tögerekden alıb, aq askerni tınçaytmay, quwub aylana edik. Jetgen jeribizde tonluq tüşürmey bir da qoymay edik.Surrounding them, we kept chasing the White army and gave it no rest. Wherever we caught up with them, we never once failed to cut some of them down.
Sources
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- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary