qabuğun alırğa

/qabuʁun alɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to take someone's bark off

Intended meaning

To do away with someone — to kill them, or to put them through cruel suffering.
  • Bu eki-üç künde men alanı qabuqların bılay sıdırıb almasam, börkümü atıb, başıma jawluq qısarma.If in these two or three days I don't strip their hides off them like this, I'll throw my cap away and tie a kerchief on my head.

Variants

  • terisin alırğa
  • qabuğun sıdırırğa

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