çiy çügündür eterge
/tʃij tʃyɡyndyr eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make (someone) a raw beet
Intended meaning
To heap violent curses on someone; to revile someone with bitter oaths.
- Brigadirni çiy çügündür etdile [qatınla].The women cursed the brigade leader up and down.
- Mariyam hapçügün urlağannı çiy çügündür etib ketdi.Mariyam went off bitterly cursing whoever had stolen her belongings.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 495
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 227