eşek buzğa tirelgenley
/eʃek buzʁa tirelɡenlej/
Literal translation
like a donkey braced against the ice
Intended meaning
Said of someone who balks at something and refuses outright, digging in and not to be moved.
- Ol sıntıçı kelinçikni baqğan zamanımda, ol da, al burub, ho dep, iş bu halğa jetgeninde, eşek buzğa tirelgença, tirelib tohtağan edi.When I was tending that young woman from Synty, she too — at first turning away, then saying yes — when the matter came to this pass, stopped dead like a donkey braced against the ice.
Variants
- eşek buzğa tirelgença
- eşek buzğa tirelgen kibik
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 526
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 244