ayağı tutarğa
/ajaʁɯ tutarʁa/
Literal translation
for one's foot to hold
Intended meaning
To become settled and secure, with one's affairs and position firmly in order.
- Juwuğu, teŋi da adamnı ayağı tuthan kün tanıy köreme.I see that it is on the day a man becomes established that both his kin and his friends recognize him.
- Direktor bla ol uşağından sora, Şawhalnı ayağı zavodda tutmağandı.After that conversation with the director, Shaukhal did not keep his footing at the factory.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 80
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 54