jol açarğa
/dʒol atʃarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to open a road
Intended meaning
To give life to something new; to set a matter up in a new way, clearing the path for it.
- Leninni aqılında biz teŋiz terenlikni, keŋlikni da körgenbiz, anı zakiyligi halqlağa jaŋı ömürge jol açhandı.In Lenin's thought we have seen both the depth and the breadth of the sea; his genius opened the way to a new age for the peoples.
Literal translation
to open a road
Intended meaning
To give scope or opportunity to a bad deed; to let evil go ahead unchecked.
- Zorluq işlege jol nek açasa?Why do you give free rein to deeds of violence?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 202