butaqların ururğa
/butaqlarɯn ururʁa/
Literal translation
to strike someone's branches
Intended meaning
To get the better of someone, make life hard for them, and put an end to their boasting.
- Qanşawbiyni tepsi tübünden semirgendi da, kesinden zalimge tübep, butaqları bir urulmasa, quturub keterikdi.Kanshaubiy has grown fat off the scraps under the table, and unless he runs into someone stronger than himself and has his branches struck just once, he will run wild.
Variants
- butaqların butarğa (къарач.)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 149