ahşığa-amanŋa jeterge
/axʃɯʁa-amanŋa dʒeterɡe/
Literal translation
to reach good-and-bad
Intended meaning
To fail to settle a matter peaceably and end up quarrelling or fighting over it.
- Bahçanı çegin, ahşığa-amanŋa jetib, küçden ayırdıla alğın tatlı boluwçu qonşula.The neighbours, who used to be on good terms, marked out the garden boundary only with difficulty, after coming to blows over it.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 74