boyunsağa jaraşırğa
/bojunsaʁa dʒaraʃɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to fit oneself to the yoke
Intended meaning
To give in to something against one's will and take on a burden imposed by others.
- Er kişile, alay ete keledile da, çarlağan uşkok tüz urur degenley, boyunların boyunsağa jaraşdıradıla da qoyadıla.The men go on as they always have, and — as the saying goes that a misfiring rifle will yet shoot true — they end up fitting their necks into the yoke after all.
Variants
- boyunshağa jaraşırğa (Karachay)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 142