közün qaraŋı etdirirge
/køzyn qaraŋɯ etdirirɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to make someone's eye dark
Intended meaning
To strip someone of strength and leave them with no way out; to break or harass them.
- Alay jüzge juwuq menme degen sawut-sabaları bolğan atlılanı bolşevikle janlı bolub ketgenleri Astemir ulunu borbayların qıydıla, oŋun qurutdula, közün qaraŋı etdirdile.But nearly a hundred well-armed horsemen who counted themselves somebody going over to the Bolsheviks cut the hamstrings of Astemir's son, destroyed his strength and left him powerless.
Literal translation
to make one's eye dark
Intended meaning
Said of something so towering that it overwhelms the onlooker; used to express extreme height.
- Tüplerinden başlarına qarasaŋ da, köznü qaraŋı etgen biyik qayala basınadılaEven when you look up from their foot to their crown, the high cliffs that make your eyes go dark press down on you.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 256