boyununa minerge
/bojununa minerɡe/
Literal translation
to mount onto someone's neck
Intended meaning
To tyrannize someone, treating them harshly and lording it over them.
- Sabiyin süymegen kim bardı? Alay anı boyununa mindirib aylanŋan – ol süymeklik tüyüldü.Who is there that does not love their child? But going about letting the child ride on your neck — that is not love.
- Men allay er kişileden tüyülme. Kişini boyunuma mindirallıq tüyülme. Sen oğay, hannı qızı bolsa da.I am not that kind of man. I could let no one mount my neck — not you, not even a khan's daughter.
Variants
- boyununa mindirirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 144