boyunun tüz tutarğa

/bojunun tyz tutarʁa/

Literal translation

to hold one's neck straight

Intended meaning

To do as another person says; to submit to someone's will.
  • Ol jaşaw bizni kibik köpleden qalğandı, bizden da qallıqdı. Zalimhan, eşta, jaşaw seni boyunuŋu tüz tutdurluq bolur.That life has outlasted many like us, and it will outlast us too. Zalimkhan, life will probably make you hold your neck straight.

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