it awuzundan süek alğança
/it awuzundan syek alʁantʃa/
Literal translation
as if taking a bone from a dog's mouth
Intended meaning
Said of getting something done only by dogged persistence and hard struggle, against strong resistance.
- Ollahiy, iynana eseŋ iynan, ol adamdan iynegimi bağasın, it awuzundan süek alğança, küçden-butdan aldım.By God, believe it if you will, I got the price of my cow out of that man only with the greatest difficulty, like taking a bone from a dog's mouth.
Variants
- it awuzundan süek alğan kibik
- it awuzundan süek alğanlay
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 225