haram-halal dep
/xaram-xalal dep/
Literal translation
saying 'forbidden or permitted'
Intended meaning
To come to an open confrontation over who is in the right and who is in the wrong, ending in words and a quarrel.
- Harun ajım etib da küedi: haram-halal dep süelse, ol Rahaynı tıyarğa bolluq edi.Harun burns with regret as well: had he stood up and had it out over right and wrong, he could have stopped Rahay.
- Abusalam atasına aylanıp, birinçi kere juwap etdi. Ata bla bala haram-halalğa jetişdile.Abusalam turned to his father and answered back for the first time. Father and son had it out over right and wrong.
Variants
- haram-halal dep süelirge
- haramğa-halalğa jetişirge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 485