jarlını jarğa tıyğanlay
/dʒarlɯnɯ dʒarʁa tɯjʁanlaj/
Literal translation
as if driving the poor man up against a cliff
Intended meaning
Said of pressing or exploiting someone who is already defenceless, striking at them precisely when they have no way out.
- Jarlını jarğa tıyğanlay degen halq aytıw da bay jarlını oŋsuz etgeni üçün aytılğandı.The folk saying "as if driving the poor man up against a cliff" too is spoken because of the rich man's making the poor man powerless.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 187
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 287