borbaydan alırğa

/borbajdan alɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to take (someone) by the hamstring

To torment someone until they are worn out and left with no way out.

Bu qarğışlıq awruw bla buşuwluq birça borbaydan alıb, baralğan da etmegenem, – dedi Bayqasım."This cursed illness and grief together have worn me down so, that I could not even walk," said Baykasym.
İş borbaydan alğan keziwdü, – dedi Zeytun."It is a time when the work is wearing us down," said Zeytun.

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