közün kök eterge
/køzyn køk eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make someone's eye blue
Intended meaning
To thrash someone, leaving them battered and bruised.
- Tınç tur, közüŋü kök eterme, ollahiy, – dedi ol mazallı jaş üsüne sekirirge küreşgen suwburun jaşha."Settle down, I'll blacken your eye, by God," said that burly young man to the snot-nosed boy who kept trying to jump him.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 256
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 125