otuna suw quyarğa
/otuna suw qujarʁa/
Literal translation
to pour water on someone's fire
Intended meaning
To spoil or stifle what someone is doing, frustrating their efforts.
- Kiçibatır otuğuzğa suw quyuwpmu ketgendi? – dep, mashara etdi Azamat."Did Kichibatyr go off pouring water on your fire?" Azamat joked.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 380