bel boşlamazğa
/bel boʃlamazʁa/
Literal translation
not to loosen one's waist
Intended meaning
To refuse to give in to hardship or evil; to keep one's resolve instead of growing slack or faint-hearted.
- Ol [Şamil] ne zarawatlıqda da, jürekge homuhluq qondurmay, kesin qatdırğanlay, bel boşlamağanlay jürügendi, – deydile anı ertteden tanığan adamla."Whatever the hardship, he [Shamil] went on without letting faint-heartedness settle in his heart, holding himself firm and never slackening," say the people who have known him a long time.
Variants
- bel qatdırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 115