ayaq tutdurmazğa
/ajaq tutdurmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to let (someone) set a foot down
Intended meaning
To deny someone any peace or chance to establish themselves, harassing them until they give up and leave.
- Ellege başha jerleden jaŋı üyle, jurtla işlerge işçile kele başlağan edile, alay, ala işlerine asırı bağa izlegenlerin kötüralmay, ellile alağa mında ayaq tutdurmadıla.Workers had begun coming to the villages from other places to build new houses and homesteads, but the villagers, unable to bear how high a price they asked for their work, gave them no foothold there.
Variants
- ayaq urdurmazğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 85