işni qolğa alırğa
/iʃni qolʁa alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to take the work into one's hand
Intended meaning
To set about a job at once without postponing it, taking it firmly under one's own direction.
- …Sen kesiŋe: «Men da adamma!» – deseŋ, Hawle aylanma da, işni qolğa al.…If you say to yourself, "I too am a man!", then stop drifting about idly and take the work in hand.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 231