qan qazawat eterge
/qan qazawat eterɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to make blood war
Intended meaning
To fight desperately and without regard for one's own life, in a struggle where the outcome is kill or be killed.
- Batırlanı jolğa çığarğan qan qazawatla tawruhlağa kiredile.The deadly battles that set heroes on their path pass into legend.
Literal translation
to make blood war
Intended meaning
To set about a task with furious intensity, doggedly and in great haste.
- Neçik bolub a, ol da [Tawso] qan qazawat etib küreşedi malların soyarğa.Somehow or other he too [Tauso] is working away furiously at slaughtering his livestock.
Variants
- qanlı qazawat eterge
- qara qazawat eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 289
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 141
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 148