mulhar eterge
/mulxar eterɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Intended meaning
To use something up wastefully; to spend or consume it freely and without restraint.
- Erkin tapsa, adam, mal da aşarıqnı mulhar etiwçüdü.Given free rein, people and livestock alike will waste their food.
- Ahça köp bolsa, jaşla anı mulhar etedile.When there is plenty of money, the young men squander it.
Intended meaning
To break something apart completely; to crush or destroy it utterly.
- Saqladığız janığıznı ayamay, artha turub jaŋız atlam atlamay, mulhar etib, qan qusdura jawlanı.You stood guard without sparing your lives, never taking a single step back, smashing the enemy and making them spit blood.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 357
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 165
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 183