elni üsüne qaratırğa
/elni ysyne qaratɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to make the village look at (someone)
Intended meaning
To bring public blame and disgrace on someone; to make someone the object of everyone's censure.
- Qoy, marja, bolmağan zatnı jazğan bolmaz, elni üsüne qaratma.Stop it, please — surely nobody wrote something that never happened; don't bring the whole village's blame down on him.
- «Seni kibik uruçuğa men qızımı berlik tüyülme», – dep, elni üsüme qaratıb, itni qıstağança, qıstap iygen edi.Saying "I will not give my daughter to a thief like you," he brought the whole village's blame down on me and drove me out as one chases off a dog.
Variants
- elni üsüne çapdırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 517