akkasın-bokkasın körgüztürge
/akkasɯn-bokkasɯn kørɡyztyrɡe/
Literal translation
to show someone his akka-bokka
Intended meaning
To scold someone harshly, berate them and take them to task.
- Direktor asırı da jumuşaqdı ansı, başhası bolsa, ol sözle üçün okkağıznı-bokkağıznı körgüztür edi.“It is only that the director is far too soft-hearted; anyone else would have given you a real dressing-down for those words.”
Variants
- okkasın-bokkasın körgüztürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 28