qabırğasın berirge
/qabɯrʁasɯn berirɡe/
Literal translation
to give one's side
Intended meaning
To get on with others, living and working in harmony with them.
- Oyus birewge qabırğasın berirge unamaydı ansı, kooperativde üçewlen bolub işlesele, igi hayır çığarıq edi. Alay, bara-bara, jüregi kiştikle tırnağança bolsa da, amalsızdan, qabırğasın jaraşdıra başladı.It is only that Oyus will not get along with anybody — if the three of them worked together in the cooperative, the profit would be good. But little by little, even though it felt as if cats were clawing at their heart, out of sheer necessity they began to get along.
Variants
- qabırğasın jaraşdırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 283
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 144