şabatı tutarğa
/ʃabatɯ tutarʁa/
Intended meaning
To badger someone persistently, clinging to them and refusing to let up until one gets what one wants.
- Sabiy, anasına süygen illyawun aldıralmay, şabatı tutub, tögerekni kesine qaratdı.The child, unable to get the toy they wanted out of their mother, badgered her until everyone around was looking at them.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 499