ızından taş atarğa
/ɯzɯndan taʃ atarʁa/
Literal translation
to throw a stone after someone
Intended meaning
To slander someone behind their back, wishing them gone and begrudging them any good.
- Kimge hatası-hayırı jetgendi, qaçarça, Sovet vlastnı çıpını-tıpırı bolmadı, kelgenlege etegi bla jol sıypamadı, ketgenleni ızından taş atmadı.Whom had his harm or his good ever reached, that one should run from him? He was no rod and stick of Soviet power; he did not sweep the road with his hem before those who came, nor throw stones after those who left.
- Kimge iynanŋın? Bügün, sen küçlü bolğan kün, ariw aytıb, tambla ızıŋdan taş athanlağamı?Whom are you to trust? Those who speak sweetly today, while you are strong, and tomorrow throw stones after you?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 505