qıl quwurdaq eterge
/qɯl quwurdaq eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make (someone) into a horsehair roast
Intended meaning
To force people into harsh submission, holding them under strict discipline and stripping them of their rights and freedom to act.
- Har zamanda da qıl quwurdaq etib tururğa bir da umut etmesinle, – dedi İbragim."Let them not hope for a moment that they can go on grinding people down forever," said Ibragim.
- ...Mında ua, elni gitlerçi başkesle alıb, qartlanı, qarıwsuzlanı qıl quwurdaqğa jıyardandıla....And here, the Hitlerite cutthroats had seized the village and were set on forcing the old and the feeble under their iron rule.
Variants
- qıl quwurdaqğa jıyarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 346