jezin açarğa
/dʒezin atʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to open someone's brass
Intended meaning
To bring the truth of a matter into the open; to expose what someone was keeping hidden.
- Altın etegiŋe başım qonaqdı, ol Qanamatnı mından qorat... Maŋa iynanmazlıq ete eseŋ, ma Biymurzağa da sor, ol saŋa anı jezin açar.My head rests on your golden hem — get that Kanamat away from here... If you are minded not to believe me, ask Biymurza as well, he will lay the truth of it open to you.
- Soltanhamit ne küreşse da işni halın buqdururğa, nögerleri anı bağırın açıb, ayıpsındırdıla.However much Soltanhamit struggled to conceal the true state of the affair, his companions brought it out into the open and shamed him.
Variants
- bağırın açarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 192
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 86
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 98