ayağın mararğa
/ajaʁɯn mararʁa/
Literal translation
to take aim at someone's foot
Intended meaning
To secretly watch for someone's weak moment in order to harm them or bring them down.
- Gitler, jaşırın itça, bizni ayağıbıznı mararğa izlegendi.Hitler, like a stealthy dog, sought to lie in wait for us.
- Aliy bla Mustafa, işlerin qoyub, bizni ayağıbıznı marab aylanadıla deb, men iynanama.I believe that Aliy and Mustafa have dropped their own work and are going about lying in wait for us.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 82
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 54