jılı suw ierge

/dʒɯlɯ suw ierɡe/

Literal translation

to send warm water

Intended meaning

To deceive or work harm against someone while keeping up kind, flattering speech to their face.
  • Minatları, kuka söznü berib, haman jılı suwnu iyib turğan bolmasa, anı [Muquyatnı] keregine qaramadıla.His Minats, apart from giving him an empty word and forever sweet-talking him, paid no heed to what he — Muquyat — needed.

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