şaytan bismillya etdirirge
/ʃajtan bismillja etdirirɡe/
Literal translation
to make the devil say bismillah
Intended meaning
To coax or pressure someone into doing something they would never otherwise do, until they give in.
- Qalay ese da, ızımdan aylana ketib, şaytan bismillya etdirib qoydu ansı, atam ölmesi, aŋa [Oliyge] barırğa deb a aqılımda da joq edi.Somehow, by keeping after me, he talked me right into it — otherwise, I swear by my father's life, I had no intention at all of going to him [to Oliy].
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 499