asmağından asarğa
/asmaʁɯndan asarʁa/
Literal translation
to hang someone from their own gallows
Intended meaning
To pressure someone insistently into doing something, leaving them no room to refuse.
- Önküç ahçamı bermey amalıŋ joqdu dep, Kökköz Şamşiyatnı asmağından ashandı.Saying "you have no way out but to repay my loan money," Kokkoz pressed Shamshiyat to the wall.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 54