başı tierge
/baʃɯ tierɡe/
Literal translation
for one's head to strike (against something)
Intended meaning
To be unable to judge or understand a matter until one has gone through it oneself.
- Aqıllı ustaz aythanŋa ua ol ıyıqda oquna başım tiydi.As for what the wise teacher had said, that very week I learned it the hard way myself.
Variants
- başı barıb tierge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 102