başına tayaq bolub tierge
/baʃɯna tajaq bolub tierɡe/
Literal translation
to strike one's head, having become a stick
Intended meaning
To suffer punishment for the wrong one has done; to have one's own wrongdoing rebound painfully on oneself.
- Maŋa tuthan haramlığı başına tayaq bolub tiydi.The malice he bore toward me came back on his own head.
Variants
- başına tayaq bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 112