awuzun tıyarğa
/awuzun tɯjarʁa/
Literal translation
to restrain someone's mouth
Intended meaning
To force someone into silence by overcoming their objection, leaving them with nothing to answer.
- Da ştabda barı ölgenleni bile esele, birsileni nek sormaysa da? – dep, endi bu [Atay] Egewnü awuzun tıydı."Well, if they know at headquarters that everyone died, why don't you ask about the others?" — with that, [Atay] silenced Egeu.
- «Awuzun tıymağan adam qalay amandı», – dedi Husey içinden kesi kesine."How bad a person is who does not hold his tongue," Husey said to himself inwardly.
Variants
- awuzun tutarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 69
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 48