betin jerge suğarıq eterge
/betin dʒerɡe suʁarɯq eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make someone's face plunge into the ground
Intended meaning
To disgrace someone in front of others, making them ashamed before the community.
- Maşdar bügün betimi jerge suğarıq etgendi, – dep, Çokku Aslanŋa tarıqğandı.“Mashdar disgraced me in public today,” Chokku complained to Aslan.
- Ol bizni betibizni tuluqğa suğarığına ajımsız bol, – dedi Quşjeter.“Have no doubt that he will drag our name through the mud,” said Qushzheter.
Variants
- betin tuluqğa suğarıq eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 121