kesmegenley soyarğa
/kesmeɡenlej sojarʁa/
Literal translation
to slaughter without cutting the throat
Intended meaning
To heap a savage, bitter curse on someone.
- Biymurza, tılpıwu tıyıla, jekirdi: – Prustopha betimi qalay körgüztürükme, kesmegenley soyub qoyduğuz da! – dep, sekirib qobub, çabıb koridorğa çıqdı.Biymurza, his breath catching, snapped: "How am I to show my face to the prosecutor — you have cursed me to the bone!" — and with that he sprang up and ran out into the corridor.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 239