plastinkanı birsi janına bururğa
/plastinkanɯ birsi dʒanɯna bururʁa/
Literal translation
to turn the record over to its other side
Intended meaning
To steer a conversation away from what is being discussed and onto something else.
- Da ol [qanatlı] ua telimidi, nek aŋılamaydı? Qoyçu, andan ese, plastinkanı birsi janın aylandır da, üyge kireyik, – dep, voditel keterge tebiredi."Is it [the bird] a fool, then, why doesn't it understand?" "Come on, better flip the record over to the other side and let's go inside," said the driver, making to leave.
Variants
- plastinkanı başha janına bururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 383