boy bermezge
/boj bermezɡe/
Literal translation
not to give one's body
Intended meaning
To refuse to submit or be broken, standing firm and enduring under hardship.
- Quşnu qanatları taşlaça qathandıla. Bolsa da boy bermeydi.The eagle's wings have gone stiff as stone. Even so, it does not give in.
- Ol künlede jazılğan nazmulanı bir ençilikleri – alanı ahırları jürek kötürüwlükden toludu, faşizmge boy bermezge çaqıradıla.One feature of the poems written in those days is that their closing lines are full of uplift of the heart, calling on people not to yield to fascism.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 139