eski tonun qağarğa

/eski tonun qaʁarʁa/

Literal translation

to beat out someone's old fur coat

To shake someone up by dragging up their past misdeeds and scolding and reproaching them over them.

Biçenlikni çalğanda, anda-mında süelgen çöp qoyğansa dep, Tawso eski tonumu qağıb ketgendi, – dep tarıqdı Sahit."Tauso gave me a dressing-down, saying that when I mowed the hayfield I had left stalks standing here and there," Sakhit complained.

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