kökge suwururğa
/køkɡe suwururʁa/
Literal translation
to winnow (someone) up to the sky
Intended meaning
To scold someone and keep finding fault with them.
- Jumuşumu tıŋılı etmegense dep, kökge suwuradı bu meni, – dep tarıqdı jaş anasından."She berates me, saying I didn't do her errand properly," the boy complained about his mother.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 260