betine biterge
/betine biterɡe/
Literal translation
to grow onto someone's face
Intended meaning
To fix one's eyes on someone and stare at them intently without looking away.
- Qaçalmaydı Qanamat. Qolların artına baylay turğan sağatlarında, anı ahçağa sathan bazıqqarın qonaqbayına itge qarağança qaraydı, betsiz betine bitib.Qanamat cannot escape. While they are binding his hands behind his back, he looks at the thickset man who sold him for money, his host, the way one looks at a dog, staring shamelessly into his face.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 122