qıl çaynarğa

/qɯl tʃajnarʁa/

Literal translation

to chew horsehair

Intended meaning

To let one's anger and spite loose on others, railing and speaking bitterly so that everyone around feels it.
  • Başı bedişlik bolğan Batırbiy bügün da bolmağança oğursuzdu, qıl çaynaydı, ullu, qolaylı otowundan çıqmağanlay, Bekbolatnı «ürgen köp etsele da, qaba ua bilmegen itlerine» bolğannı nalatın beredi.Batyrbiy, whose name has become a disgrace, is more ill-natured today than ever; he chews horsehair, and without once leaving his big, comfortable room he heaps curses on Bekbolat's men, who are «dogs that bark a great deal but do not know how to bite».
  • Sen ellege etgen horluqnu, alağa bergen qıyınlıqnı seni kesiŋe sınatırğa kerek edi. Sen a bügün eki öksüzüm tas bolğandı dep, qıl çaynaysa, – dedi Bolaka.The oppression you visited on the villages, the suffering you brought them, ought to have been made you feel yourself. Yet today you chew horsehair, saying that two orphans of yours are lost, – said Bolaka.

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