uzunquyruq qağıt

/uzunqujruq qaʁɯt/

Idiom

Literal translation

long-tailed paper

A written complaint or statement that stirs up a row and brings trouble in its wake, typically an anonymous denunciation.

Anonimka deydile alağa, uzunquyruq qağıtlağa, endi alağa qaramazğa degen zakon çıqğandı.They call them anonymous letters, these long-tailed papers; a law has now come out that they are no longer to be looked at.

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