ayağından alırğa
/ajaʁɯndan alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to take from someone's leg
Intended meaning
To deprive someone of their strength or footing and leave them helpless, unable to answer back or resist.
- «Sen [Mariya] asırayallıq tüyülse, ömürüŋde sabiyiŋ bolmağandı. Mıŋa ua emçek kerekdi», – dep, alay bla meni ayağımdan alırğa murat etdi."You [Maria] will not be able to raise it, you have never had a child in your life. And this one needs the breast," he said, and so intended to cut me off at the knees.
Variants
- heke tekeni ayağından alğança
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 83
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 53