qara atkaznı basarğa

/qara atkaznɯ basarʁa/

Literal translation

to press down the black refusal

To turn something down outright, leaving the other person no hope that the decision might change.

Goppan ızına qaythandan sora, tamata, arı-beri dey turmay, qara atkaznı basdı, söznü andan arı bardırğandan mağana qalmağanın aŋılatdı.After Goppan came back, the elder, without beating about the bush, refused outright and made it clear that there was no sense in taking the conversation any further.
Men, Zariyatha jetdirmey, qara atkaznı basdım.Without letting it reach Zariyat, I refused flatly.

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