buzowun keserge
/buzowun keserɡe/
Literal translation
to cut its calf
Intended meaning
To trim someone's nails so far down that the cut reaches the flesh beneath them.
- Tırnağımı buzowun keserge azdan qaldım.I very nearly cut into the quick of my nail.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 146