ötüne jeterge
/øtyne dʒeterɡe/
Literal translation
to reach someone's gall
Intended meaning
To provoke someone to anger; to touch a raw nerve so that they flare up.
- Ollahiy, Ishaqnı ötüne bek jetgen bolur edi ansı, Oyus, bek açıwlanıbdı.By God, someone must really have got under Ysxaq's skin — otherwise, Oyus, he would not be so angry.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 167