başı bla oynarğa
/baʃɯ bla ojnarʁa/
Literal translation
to play with someone's head
Intended meaning
To mock someone and destroy their honour or good name.
- Bıla halqnı başı bla asırı oynay bolurla deyme.I think they are toying far too much with the people's honour.
- Awruw quturtub jathan tişirıwnu başı bla oynarğa umut etgen Irısqul işeksiz murdardı.Ryskul, who meant to trifle with the honour of a woman lying delirious with illness, is without doubt a villain.
Variants
- baş toqmağı bla oynarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 100
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 284