közüne tutarğa

/køzyne tutarʁa/

Literal translation

to hold to someone's eye

To reproach someone for their poverty or their shortcomings by bringing them up in order to shame them.

Sen a ne terenŋe kirdiŋ, Çaçiy. Birsile da ataların tuwrağan gırjınŋa satmağan uşayla da, bılayda öksüzlüknü közge tutarğa kerek tüyül edi, – dedi Mutay.And how deep in did you get, Chachiy. The others do not look as if they sold their own fathers for a cut loaf either, so there was no call to throw orphanhood in anyone's face here, said Mutay.
Bizni pravlenni ters etgen onowları bar ese, közübüzge tutduruğuz, – dedi.If our board has made any wrong decisions, throw them in our faces, he said.

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