awuzuna urğança eterge
/awuzuna urʁantʃa eterɡe/
Literal translation
to act as if striking him in the mouth
Intended meaning
To rebuff someone sharply, cutting them off so abruptly that they lose all desire and opportunity to speak or argue further.
- Olsağatdan Muratnı çaqırayıq da, anı bla onowlaşıb, juwapnı andan sora berirbiz degenimde, anam da, sen da awuzuma urğança etib qoyduğuz.When I said we should call Murat right away, talk it over with him, and only then give an answer, you and my mother both shut me up as if you had struck me in the mouth.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 71
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 48