günyahın boyununa alırğa
/ɡynjaxɯn bojununa alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to take someone's sin onto one's neck
Intended meaning
To answer for another person's wrongdoing, both before God and before people.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 154