erini-burunu bla eterge
/erini-burunu bla eterɡe/
Literal translation
to do with its lip and its nose
Intended meaning
To fill a vessel right up to its top edge, so that it is about to spill over.
- Eki stakannı erinleri-burunları bla tolturdu.They filled both glasses right to the brim.
- Açıwlanŋanı bla Soltan eki rümkağa araqı quydu, erini-burunu bla, borçha bergença, stolğa da töge.In anger Soltan poured vodka into two glasses, filled to the brim, spilling it on the table too, as if paying off a debt.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 519