keregin berirge
/kereɡin berirɡe/
Literal translation
to give someone what he needs
Intended meaning
To punish someone as they deserve — to scold them sharply or beat them.
- Şo, Soslan, seni jarathan Allahıŋ bla tileyme, bılay üyge kelgenley, sen anı keregin bir ber, – dep tiledi Sapra."Listen, Soslan, I beg you by the God who made you: as soon as he comes into the house, give him what he has coming," Sapra pleaded.
- Arı-beri ozub, kün turuşda aŋa örge turmağan qatın eslese, ızına qaytıb, anı keregin bermey qoymaydı.Passing back and forth, if he spots a woman at the sunny gathering place who has not risen for him, he turns back and never fails to give her what she has coming.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 234
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 124