tuzlamay qatdırırğa
/tuzlamaj qatdɯrɯrʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to dry (someone) stiff without salting
Intended meaning
To leave someone with no answer and no way out, reducing them to helpless silence.
- Zabiy Hujanı tuzlamay qatdırdı.Zabiy left Huzha without a word to say.
- Minaldan Hamzatnı tuzlamay qatdırdı.Minaldan left Hamzat helpless and speechless.
Variants
- qatdırırğa
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