başın otha suğarğa
/baʃɯn otxa suʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to thrust someone's head into the fire
Intended meaning
To bring someone into serious misfortune or lead them astray.
- Alay, Allah keçmesin, bir süymegen adamla ızından tüşdüle da, Qanşawnu jaşını halq bağası başın otha suqdula.But, God forgive them, some ill-wishers came after him, and they brought ruin on Kanshau's son, whom the people valued.
- Zuhuranı bılay söleşgenin Haji jaratmadı: «Bu hayırsız, bılay ete kelib, kesin da, meni da başımı otha bir suqmağa edi».Hazhi did not like Zukhura talking this way: "This good-for-nothing, going on like this, will bring disaster on herself and on me too."
Variants
- başın otha suqdururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 107