şaytan jaŋıltırğa
/ʃajtan dʒaŋɯltɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for the devil to lead astray
Intended meaning
To err without noticing it and end up doing something one would never normally do.
- Alim apçıdı. Amalsız boldu. Kerti oquna, ol kesin şaytanlağa aldatıb bara ese ua? «Uğay, uğay, üyüŋe... Şaytanla bolub a ... Qoy, andan ese taŋnı jarığın saqlayım», – dediAlim was at a loss. He was helpless. What if he really was letting the devils lead him astray? "No, no, home with you... And with devils about... No, I would sooner wait for the light of dawn," he said.
Variants
- şaytanŋa aldatırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 499