qol açarğa
/qol atʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to open a hand
Intended meaning
To be the first to begin something, setting it in motion for the others.
- Kim ese da qol açhannı körgende, keslerin tıyalmağan bir qawumla, arlaqdan, berlaqdan da sekirib, Biyazurqanı tüyüb başladıla.When they saw that someone had made the first move, a few who could not restrain themselves leapt in from this side and that and set about beating Biyazurqa.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 315