ayağı qısha bolurğa
/ajaʁɯ qɯsxa bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's foot to become short
Intended meaning
To lose the freedom to live as one pleases; to become constrained in what one may do.
- Kelin kelgenli, Zabithannı ayağı qısha bolğandı, teyri. Alğınça, erkin uzalalmaydı nege da.Ever since the bride arrived, Zabitkhan's freedom has truly been curtailed. He can no longer reach freely for anything as he did before.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 80