oğarı ayağına mindirirge
/oʁarɯ ajaʁɯna mindirirɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to raise onto its upper foot
Intended meaning
To load a firearm and bring its hammer to full cock, making it ready to fire.
- Terezeleni tüplerine süelib, Balaşov bla şoför, avtomatlanı oğarı ayaqlarına mindirdile.Standing below the windows, Balashov and the driver cocked their submachine guns.
- Dawlet, biraz mıçıb, aqırın, çıqırt dep, sampalnı oğarı ayağına tartdı.Daulet, after hesitating a little, quietly drew the hammer back to full cock with a click.
Literal translation
to raise onto its upper foot
Intended meaning
To provoke someone into a rage.
- Hamzatnı jaşı bek öçdü jarlı atasın oğarı ayağına mindirirge – içerge bek süedi.Hamzat's son is all too eager to send his poor father into a rage — he is much too fond of drink.
Variants
- oğarı ayağına tartırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 369