başı aythanŋa tüşerge
/baʃɯ ajtxanŋa tyʃerɡe/
Literal translation
for one's head to fall to what (someone) said
Intended meaning
To end up doing as someone else said, submitting to that person's word after events prove it right.
- Sabiylerimi anaları, aqıllı Zuhura! Sen aythanŋa başım tüşgendi. Sen bolmasaŋ, içme degen joqdu."Mother of my children, wise Zukhura! I have come round to your word. If not for you, there is no one to tell me not to drink."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 100