ayaq tübünde jer janarğa
/ajaq tybynde dʒer dʒanarʁa/
Literal translation
for the ground to burn under one's feet
Intended meaning
To have no rest or safety, or (in the causative variant) to leave someone no rest and drive them out.
- A-ha, endi mında da jüyüshanlanı ayaq tüplerinde jer jana başlağandı.[Anna:] Aha, now here too the ground has begun to burn under the masters' feet.
- Halqnı ırıshısına qol uzathan fitnaçıla bla hatersiz küreşirge, alanı ayaq tüplerinde ot jandırırğa kerekbiz.We must fight without mercy against the schemers who reach for the people's wealth, and set fire under their feet.
Variants
- ayaq tübünde jer jandırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 85