başın tübüne aylandırırğa

/baʃɯn tybyne ajlandɯrɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to turn its head to its bottom

Intended meaning

To do something the wrong way round, throwing it into ruin or disorder; to wreck or upend a situation or a place.
  • Ol keziwde aqla, üy sayın kirib, uşkok süŋülerin töşeklege, jastıqlağa suğub, quwların jaya, bolğannı başın tübüne etedile.At that time the Whites, entering house after house, thrusting their rifle bayonets into the bedding and the pillows and scattering the down, turned everything upside down.
  • Allah, Allah, Qaytuq qızı, üynü başın tübüne aylandıra tura uşaysa da, talanmağan, – dedi Açemez."God, God, daughter of Kaytuk, you seem to be turning the whole house upside down, you insatiable one," said Achemez.

Variants

  • başın tübüne eterge

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