ağaçnı kesinden çüy etib jaradıla

/aʁatʃnɯ kesinden tʃyj etib dʒaradɯla/

Literal translation

they split the wood with a wedge made from the wood itself

A person's secret is learned from the person himself or from someone close to him, and then used against him.

Burunŋulula: «Ağaçnı, kesinden çüy etib, jar», – degendile. Ala kesibizden kesibizge ot jawdururğa bolluqdula.The ancients said: "Split the wood with a wedge made from itself." They are capable of raining fire on us using our own people.

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