buzow bolurğa
/buzow bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become a calf
Intended meaning
To turn docile and submit readily, obeying whatever one is told without resistance.
- Qorqaq adam buzow bolurğa hazırdı.A cowardly person is ready to turn meek.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 145
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 78