betime tükür
/betime tykyr/
Literal translation
spit in my face
Intended meaning
Said to stake one's word on an outcome: if what I say does not come true, you may hold me in contempt.
- Kelir jıl Muhtar da, birsi zavfermala da köbürek silos salayıq dep kelmesele, meni betime tükürügüz.If next year Mukhtar and the other farm managers do not come saying "let us put up more silage", then spit in my face.
- Endi men, qatın alğan uğay, tişirıwnu qatına oquna barsam, betime tükür.If from now on I so much as go near a woman, let alone marry one, spit in my face.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 120