tonun çüyresine kiyirge
/tonun tʃyjresine kijirɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to put one's fur coat on inside out
Intended meaning
To lose one's temper and turn openly hostile.
- Men da allıq edim Semiz «beşden» onnu. Mahtar edile meni, Çüyre kiymeyim tonnu.I too would have taken ten fat "fives". They would have praised me — I do not wear my coat inside out.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary