boyunun bururğa
/bojunun bururʁa/
Literal translation
to turn someone's neck
Intended meaning
To overpower and subjugate someone by force or violence.
- Jaşawubuznu igi eter esek dep, qan tökgenbiz, patçahlıqnı boyunun anı üçün burğanbız.We shed blood so as to make our life better; that is why we broke the tsardom's neck.
- Uğay, Olenin, Nazir ulu Harunnu atdan jıqğan alay tınç tüyüldü. Ol senden ese zalimleni boyunların burğan kişidi.No, Olenin, throwing Nazir's son Harun off his horse is not so easy. He is a man who has broken the necks of tyrants mightier than you.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 143