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

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