buqusun qağarğa
/buqusun qaʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to beat the dust out of someone
Intended meaning
To scold someone harshly, berate or tell them off.
- E-he-e-e... Seni ua buquŋu qağarğa kerek köreme da.A-ha-a-a... I see you're the one who needs a good telling off.
- Aŋa dağıda aytırığım – seniça telikalanı buqusun çığara tursun.What I'd tell him besides is: let him keep giving fools like you a dressing-down.
Variants
- buqusun çığarırğa
- buqusun kökge çığarırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 146
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 78