kölüne jeterge

/kølyne dʒeterɡe/

Literal translation

to reach someone's heart

Intended meaning

To satisfy someone by acting as they wish and so win their favour.
  • Köpnü körgen inzhener onsegizjıllıq jaş bla bılay teŋi blaça uşaq etgeni Hasannı kölüne jetdi.That the much-travelled engineer talked with the eighteen-year-old boy like this, as with an equal, pleased Hasan.
  • Alanı biri birini kölüne jetib, alay ariw jaşağanlarına kölüm bla suqlana edim.I envied in my heart how they, each pleasing the other, lived so beautifully.

Variants

  • kölüne jararğa

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