qanjığasına baylarğa
/qandʒɯʁasɯna bajlarʁa/
Literal translation
to tie to one's saddle-thong
Intended meaning
To prevail over people older or stronger than oneself by means of speech, cunning, or good sense.
- Alay söleşgenine, kesin jürütgenine köre, aqılbalıq bolğan sabiyleni bir qawumun at ierni qanjığasına qısıb keterikdi.Judging by the way he talks and carries himself, he will tie a good many grown children to his saddle-thong and ride off with them.
Variants
- qanjığasına qısarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 292