başın tirmen taşça aylandırırğa
/baʃɯn tirmen taʃtʃa ajlandɯrɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to spin someone's head like a millstone
Intended meaning
To badger someone until they are worn out, giving them no peace of mind.
- Dağıda bardı amal. Allay amal bardı, ma başın tirmen taşça aylandırır.– There is still a way. There is such a way — it will spin his head like a millstone.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 108