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
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 268
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 135