borbayların mararğa
/borbajlarɯn mararʁa/
Literal translation
to take aim at someone's hamstrings
Intended meaning
To look for an opportunity to do someone harm or wrong.
- Da ne eteyim, qarıwsuzlanı borbayların maray eseŋ, al bir uzunun. Amalıbız nedi, al, – dedi anam da semiz «qarındaşıbızğa».Well, what am I to do — if you are out to prey on the weak, then take the long one. What choice have we, take it, said my mother too to our fat "brother".
Variants
- borbayın mararğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 140