butların qollarına alırğa
/butlarɯn qollarɯna alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to take one's legs into one's hands
Intended meaning
To set about a task with all one's strength, throwing oneself into the effort or setting off to do it without delay.
- Turuğuz, batırla! Tur-tur kelgendi, Hur-hur ketsin. Qıŋır şohlarıbız eşik allında saqlaydıla. Butlarıbıznı qolubuzğa alayıq...Get up, brave ones! "Rise-rise" has come, let "snore-snore" be gone. Our crooked friends are waiting at the door. Let us take our legs into our hands...
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 150