boğurdağından alırğa
/boʁurdaʁɯndan alɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to take (someone) by the throat
Intended meaning
To force someone into submission by pressure or threat, leaving them powerless to resist.
- Uğay, Allah meni janımı saw qoysa, Hajibatırnı boğurdağından alırma!No, if Allah spares my life, I will take Khazhibatyr by the throat!
Literal translation
to take (someone) by the throat
Intended meaning
To ask for something persistently and urgently, pressing until one gets it.
- Endi ua anası Alimni, ustazğa oqu dep, boğurdağından qısıb aylanadı, – dedi İslam.And now Alim's mother goes about badgering him to study with the teacher, said Islam.
Variants
- boğurdağından qısarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 138