etin aşarğa
/etin aʃarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to eat someone's flesh
Intended meaning
To make someone suffer; to torment or harass a person persistently.
- Endi etiŋi aşamam, bügünden arı qurannı betin açıb qararıq tüyülme, – dedi Badımat."From now on I will not torment you; from today on I will not open the pages of the Quran and look," said Badymat.
- Maŋa etgenlerin da sorma, bıla biraz turluq esele, etibizni aşap, teribizni kierikdile.Don't even ask what they did to me; if these people stay a while longer, they will torment us to the bone.
Literal translation
to eat someone's flesh
Intended meaning
To scold someone again and again and heap reproaches on them.
Variants
- etin aşap, terisin kierge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 524
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 244