qara qan tögerge
/qara qan tøɡerɡe/
Literal translation
to spill black blood
Intended meaning
To make war on someone, bringing great calamity and slaughter down on them; to fall upon someone in a fight.
- Oy, jetdile da anda, [Barabanda] qara qanla tökdüle.Oh, they reached them, and there, [at Baraban,] they spilled black blood.
- Kerti aytasa, ala bla körse ua, üsübüzge qara qannı quyar edi.You speak the truth — had he seen us with them, he would have poured black blood over us.
Variants
- qara qan quyarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 299