ayağı üsüne minerge

/ajaʁɯ ysyne minerɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to climb onto one's feet

To reach maturity and become able to support oneself.

E-y, Boris, sen endi ayaq üsüŋe bolduŋ, mindiŋ, sen jaşsa, jaşawuŋ allıŋdadı. Qalayda da saŋa eşikle açılıb barlıqdıla."Hey, Boris, you have got on your feet now, you have risen; you are young, your life is ahead of you. Doors will open for you everywhere."

to climb onto one's feet

Of a group of people: to be roused and set in motion over something.

Rayondan, oblastdan adam keldi desele, el barı ayaq üsüne minib, qozğalıb, ol alay aytdı, bu bılay aytdı dep, alanı sözleri top atılğança jayıla edi.When word came that someone had arrived from the district or the province, the whole village was on its feet and stirred up, and their talk — he said this, that one said that — spread like a cannon shot.

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