közlerine julduzla körgüztürge
/køzlerine dʒulduzla kørɡyztyrɡe/
Literal translation
to make stars appear in someone's eyes
Intended meaning
To thrash someone, beating them until they are battered and helpless.
- İsmayıl: «Uğay, tamamdı, közleriŋe julduzla körgüztürme dep, bıllayğamı aythan bolurla?»Ismail: "No, that's enough — when they say 'I'll make you see stars,' could it be about someone like this that they said it?"
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 252