artına oltururğa
/artɯna oltururʁa/
Literal translation
to sit down on one's backside
Intended meaning
To fail to get ahead and be left stuck in difficulty; in the causative variant, to hold someone back and put them in difficulty.
- Tamata, janıŋa tierge süymey edim, kesiŋse meni joldan çığarğan, seni kibikledile kolhoznu artına olturthan, alğa barırğa qoymağan, – dedi Zawurbek."Elder, I did not mean to hurt you; it was you who drove me off my path — it was people like you who set the collective farm back and would not let it move forward," said Zaurbek.
Variants
- artına olturturğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 53