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.

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