boy berirge
/boj berirɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to give one's body
Intended meaning
To let oneself be overcome by another person or by circumstances; to submit or yield.
- Bolsa da, Şaqmanları qorquthandıla, buyuqdurğandıla da, boy saldırğandıla.Even so, the Shakhmanovs threatened and cowed them, and made them give in.
Literal translation
to give one's body
Intended meaning
To stop resisting something one cannot stand in the way of, and grow accustomed to it.
- Künle oza barğanları sayın, Mutay, qaraŋı jaşawğa bekden bek boy sala, aşırıb başlaydı zamannı.As the days went by, Mutay, giving in more and more to that dark life, began to while the time away.
Variants
- boy salırğa
- boy saldırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 138