başı damırğa qalırğa
/baʃɯ damɯrʁa qalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's head to be left on the vein
Intended meaning
To end up at fault before someone and be publicly shamed for it.
- Bir palahha qoyadı, bir bedişlik etedi. Qoy, anam, allayla söleşme, alaysız da başıbız damırğa qalğandı."He lands us in one disaster, then brings another disgrace. Stop, mother, don't talk like that — we are shamed enough as it is."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 101