boyunsağa jegerge
/bojunsaʁa dʒeɡerɡe/
Literal translation
to harness to the yoke
Intended meaning
To force another person into servitude and hold them down by harsh, oppressive treatment.
- Jarlı halqnı entda da boyunsağa jegib tururğa aqıl etgen bir qawum küysüznü tögeregine jıyıldıla.They gathered around a handful of cruel men who meant to keep the poor people harnessed to the yoke once again.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 142