açı jarasına tuz quyarğa
/atʃɯ dʒarasɯna tuz qujarʁa/
Literal translation
to pour salt on someone's raw wound
Intended meaning
To stir up someone's grief afresh, making an existing pain worse.
- Nohtar, anı [Mahmutnu] açı jaralarına tuz quymaz üçün, keçe ortağa, taŋŋa deri da tıŋılab tururğa hazırdı.So as not to pour salt on his [Mahmut's] raw wounds, Nohtar was ready to stay silent till midnight, even till dawn.
- Açıq jarağa tuz quyarğa kerekdi.One must pour salt on the open wound.
Variants
- açıq jarasına tuz quyarğa
- açı jarasına tuz seberge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 76