iyne közünden çığarırğa
/ijne køzynden tʃɯʁarɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to make (someone) pass through the eye of a needle
Intended meaning
To subject someone to endless suffering; to harass and wear a person down without respite.
- Mihail Petroviç, dersni sorğan keziwügüzde bek qatımısız? Biz jarlılanı iyneni közünden çığarmağa edigiz.Mikhail Petrovich, are you very hard on us when you call on us in class? You used to put us poor souls through the eye of a needle.
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 223